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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the family vacation home?

2. What literary device is used for most of the dialogue in Reminiscences?

3. What attracted Julia to her second husband?

4. How does Virginia describe Julia's first husband?

5. What is this book a compilation of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened between George and Virginia after one party?

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

3. What does Virginia say saved Stella from physical mourning?

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

5. How did Vanessa respond to her stepfather's changing moods?

6. What did the Memoir Club tell Virginia to write about, and why?

7. What did Julia do to show her exacting nature as she was dying?

8. How did Virginia describe each of the men in her house and their daily activities?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Stella's death affect each member of her family?

Essay Topic 2

What were Virginia's feelings about intimacy and marriage, and what events in her life led her to these ideals?

Essay Topic 3

What did the title of this book mean? Why was it significant to Virginia's life and writings?

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