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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only sibling left at the house to study during the days?
(a) George.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Virginia.

2. Who does Virginia say became something of a martyr after Julia's death?
(a) Jack.
(b) Stella.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) George.

3. What was Leslie dying of?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Liver poisoning.
(d) Cancer.

4. When did Virginia belong to the Memoir Club?
(a) In the 1930's.
(b) In the 1910's.
(c) In the 1920's.
(d) In the 1900's.

5. What made the house at Bloomsbury less crowded?
(a) The visitors were less common.
(b) Fewer family members lived there.
(c) Doctors and nurses didn't come as often.
(d) The rooms were bigger.

6. What color were George and Gerald's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Blue.

7. What kind of events did Virginia and Vanessa host?
(a) Readings.
(b) Balls.
(c) Lectures.
(d) Luncheons.

8. How did Thoby feel about his siblings?
(a) He was devoted to them.
(b) He was jealous of them.
(c) He was kind, but vacant to them.
(d) He was embarrassed by them.

9. What is the main reason Virginia says she and Vanessa had such a strong bond?
(a) They had been through a lot together.
(b) They were similar ages.
(c) They were the only women, surrounded by men.
(d) They had been taught in the same ways.

10. What was the name of the man who was courting Stella before she met Jack?
(a) Gary.
(b) John.
(c) Greg.
(d) Jim.

11. What color did the family wear after Julia's death?
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

12. What was symbolic to Virginia after Stella's death?
(a) A leafless tree.
(b) A barren woman.
(c) A calm sea.
(d) A dead gull.

13. What style were the people in the Memoir Club supposed to write in?
(a) Frank and honest.
(b) Imaginative.
(c) Wholesome.
(d) Descriptive.

14. What turned off a lot of Stella's suitors?
(a) Her quietness.
(b) Her odd bond with her stepfather.
(c) Her sense of duty to her family.
(d) Her sadness about her mother's death.

15. How did Jack describe his mother?
(a) Repressive.
(b) Jolly.
(c) Severe.
(d) Amorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era of thinking did Virginia and Vanessa both belong in?

2. How did Thoby act when he was young?

3. What did George see as a sign of personal value?

4. Who did Virginia read a poem to that lifted her spirits for a time after her mother's death?

5. What was very different and controversial about Strachey?

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