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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Peter thinks that Clarissa cannot understand ____________________.
(a) the workings of Parliament.
(b) how a business runs.
(c) the level of Peter's heartbreak.
(d) international finances.

3. Which relative of Clarissa's did Peter find it impossible to get along?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the young woman in #66?
(a) Furtive.
(b) Bold.
(c) Brash.
(d) Daring.

5. Where does Clarissa walk to hear the chimes of Big Ben?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) St. James' Park.
(c) Westminster.
(d) Picadilly Circus.

6. What did Peter think when he was first introduced to Richard Dalloway?
(a) He knew he would go into politics.
(b) He knew Clarissa would marry him.
(c) He thought he was a scoundrel.
(d) He knew that he was a good athlete.

7. Who is the woman Peter now plans to marry?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Janet.
(d) Marie.

8. Who is Hugh's mother?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Wanda.

9. What does Clarissa see outside the floral shop window?
(a) An ambulance.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A police car.
(d) A chauffeured car.

10. How did Peter know that Clarissa had fallen in love with Richard?
(a) The way she wrote his name over and over on the newspaper.
(b) The way she blushed when his name was mentioned.
(c) The way she stuttered every time he was around.
(d) The way she gazed at him when they danced.

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

12. Who was Clarissa's maiden aunt?
(a) Aunt Marjorie.
(b) Aunt Elizabeth.
(c) Aunt Beatrice.
(d) Aunt Helena.

13. The doctor tells Septimus' wife that she must keep Septimus __________________________.
(a) focused on things that are real.
(b) on complete bedrest.
(c) away from his old friends.
(d) from drinking too much.

14. Peter blurts out to Clarissa that he is in love with ________________________.
(a) his daughter's nanny.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) the wife of a Major in the Indian Army.
(d) his wife's sister.

15. Clarissa wishes she could be more like _________________.
(a) Lady Brandenburg.
(b) Lady Bexborough.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Lady Antonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which woman did Clarissa fall in love with at school?

2. Clarissa notes that some days are much like ____________________.

3. Peter dreams of being ________________________.

4. What does Peter do while sitting on Clarissa's sofa?

5. Why does Peter Walsh think that he doesn't like returning to England?

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