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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. What was the name of Virginia's mother?

2. Which of the following did Virginia's mother NOT experience in her life?

3. What was Stella's married name?

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

5. Why does Virginia say her recollections might not be correct?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Virginia choose to write A Sketch of the Past?

3. What does Virginia say her mother had experienced before she was even 24 years of age?

4. How did Stella and Leslie both change after Stella and Jack's engagement?

5. What was Virginia's first vivid memory?

6. What is Moments of Being comprised of?

7. What did Virginia write about Vanessa, in Recollections?

8. How did Stella compare physically with her brothers?

9. What did Virginia Woolf think about personal identity?

10. What was the normal breakfast routine in the house in Hyde Park?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in these stories, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What was Virginia's writing process, and how did she come to create this process for herself?

Essay Topic 3

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

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