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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 these stories was written early in Woolf's career?

3. What kind of literary device did Woolf include in many of her writings?

4. What does Virginia say was the main difference between her mother and her oldest sister?

5. How old was Virginia when her mother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did George stop paying any attention to Vanessa?

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

3. How did Virginia define a snob?

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

5. What happened at one point when Virginia was reading a poem to Vanessa after Julia's death?

6. What happened to Thoby after Stella's death?

7. What did Virginia see as a symbol of her life after Stella's death?

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

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

10. What did Virginia Woolf think about personal identity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Vanessa and Virginia have such a strong bond, and how did this relationship change Virginia's life?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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