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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Miss Kilman think that Clarissa has?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Fulfillment.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Independence.

2. What does Hugh bring to the person in #100 when arriving for lunch?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Candy.
(d) Wine.

3. What does Peter think when he hears a siren of the ambulance?
(a) If it is an ambulance or police siren.
(b) The time he was taken to the hospital by an ambulance.
(c) He doesn't hear a siren.
(d) What might have happened to the person in the ambulance.

4. Where did Septimus grow up?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) London.
(c) Stroud.
(d) Nottingham.

5. Where did Rezia first meet Septimus?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

6. Where does Richard Dalloway work?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) His private law practice.
(d) The House of Commons.

7. What had Septimus lost in the war?
(a) His left arm.
(b) His right leg.
(c) His journal.
(d) His emotions.

8. What does Rezia think about the things Septimus had written or drawn?
(a) They are amateurish.
(b) They are beautiful.
(c) They are incriminating.
(d) They are troubling.

9. What does Richard insist that Clarissa do after lunch?
(a) Speak with the cook.
(b) Send party invitations.
(c) Rest for an hour.
(d) Read legal documents.

10. What does Richard have difficulty expressing?
(a) His religious beliefs.
(b) His fears about aging.
(c) His love for Clarissa.
(d) His political stance.

11. Who are Rezia and Septimus going to see in order to help Septimus?
(a) Sir Ronald Braswell.
(b) Sir James Sloane.
(c) Sir Reginald Bastion.
(d) Sir William Bradshaw.

12. What does Rezia write down as she watches Septimus lying on the sofa?
(a) Septimus' movements as he sleeps.
(b) Septimus' temperature.
(c) Septimus' rambling thoughts.
(d) Septimus' words as he talks in his sleep.

13. How does Septimus commit suicide?
(a) He hangs himself.
(b) He takes too many pills.
(c) He throws himself out a window.
(d) He slits his wrists.

14. According to Peter, women don't know what __________________ is.
(a) time.
(b) passion.
(c) money.
(d) loyalty.

15. To which author's work did Septimus want to introduce Rezia?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Septimus thinks the hat Rezia works on looks like it is fit for whom?

2. What does Septimus feel when witnessing other people's despair and sadness?

3. While in the park, Peter spots a woman with _____________________.

4. Septimus is no longer able to ________________.

5. What does Richard dislike about Hugh?

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