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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Clarissa characterize Hugh?
(a) Impeccable.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Angry.
(d) Philanthropic.

2. Which of the following is NOT something that occurs in the middle of June?
(a) Garden parties.
(b) Polo ponies.
(c) Dancing all night.
(d) Reading novels.

3. What does Peter do while sitting on Clarissa's sofa?
(a) Eats.
(b) Naps.
(c) Reads.
(d) Cries.

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

5. Whose marriage proposal had Clarissa turned down?
(a) Philip Sloane's.
(b) Hugh Whitbread's.
(c) Peter Walsh's.
(d) James McAllister's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter's life is very __________________.

2. Peter was jealous of the time that Clarissa spent with ___________________.

3. The crowds that gather around Buckingham Palace try to guess what will be written by ______________________.

4. Who is Hugh's mother?

5. How did Peter feel about Clarissa when they were in Bourton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Clarissa's thoughts on this June morning and what are some of the reasons that the world seems pleasant to her?

2. What does Peter feel about seeing Clarissa after so many years, and to what does he attribute Clarissa's breaking their engagement?

3. What memories does Clarissa have about living at Bourton and being in love with Sally Seton?

4. Who is Peter Walsh, and what role did he play in Clarissa's life?

5. What were Peter's thoughts of Richard Dalloway when he first met him at a dinner party?

6. Who are Septimus and Lucrezia and what behavior of Septimus' bothers her when they are with other people in the park?

7. Who would Peter spend time with at dinner parties when he didn't want to share Clarissa with anyone else?

8. How has Septimus changed since the war and what are Rezia's thoughts about his altered behavior now?

9. What are Clarissa's immediate thoughts when Peter surprises her by showing up at her house?

10. How did Peter know that Clarissa was in love with Richard Dalloway?

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