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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pages 44-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Septimus' wife?
(a) Eveline.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Celeste.

2. In what city does Clarissa Dalloway live?
(a) Rome.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

3. Why does Clarissa not wear her favorite dress to her party?
(a) It is torn and has to be mended.
(b) She feels too chubby in it.
(c) She wears a new one instead.
(d) It is at the dry cleaners.

4. What is the curious habit of the Irish cook?
(a) She smokes a cigar.
(b) She falls in love with every man she sees.
(c) She whistles all the time.
(d) She works barefooted.

5. Peter's life is very __________________.
(a) adventurous.
(b) chaotic.
(c) sad.
(d) boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose marriage proposal had Clarissa turned down?

2. Why has Peter returned to London?

3. What month is it when the book begins?

4. What does Peter not realize about Clarissa?

5. What is Clarissa doing when Peter arrives?

(see the answer key)

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