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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Virginia Woolf make herself improve her skills?
(a) She had people criticize her work.
(b) She read a lot.
(c) She burned works that were bad.
(d) She did daily drills.

2. Why did Virginia's oldest sister feel so much guilt after her mother's death?
(a) She was not there when it happened.
(b) She was afraid to have more responsibility.
(c) She fought with her mother the day before.
(d) She did not want to care for her family.

3. How many levels was Woolf's work analyzed on by the editor?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. What does Virginia say her mother always did without question- almost to a fault?
(a) Taught her children.
(b) Believed the words of others.
(c) Listened to her favorite preacher.
(d) Supported her husband.

5. How does Virginia describe her mother's death?
(a) The greatest disaster that could happen.
(b) The light of a candle being snuffed out.
(c) The turning point in her life of comfort.
(d) The opening of a door.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Julia meet Thoby?

2. What was the name of Julia's first husband?

3. How does Virginia describe Julia's second husband?

4. How many living children did Virginia's mother have before marrying her second husband?

5. How did Woolf truly come to understand her beliefs and her place in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jack do that was not normal or highly looked upon during this time?

2. How did Jack comfort himself after losing Stella so soon after their marriage?

3. What did George make Virginia do, and why?

4. What is Moments of Being comprised of?

5. How did Virginia Woolf use the relationship between present and past in her literature?

6. How were the members of Old Bloomsbury thought of by most of the higher society members?

7. What happened on the family vacation after Stella's death?

8. Why does Woolf say her recollections about her mother might be inaccurate?

9. How did her discussions with Strachey change Virginia's mindset about certain things?

10. Why did some people object to publishing this book?

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