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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. Where did Clarissa attend school?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Bourton.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Westshire.

2. Clarissa is embarrassed that Peter sees her _____________________.
(a) Crying.
(b) Mending a dress.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Playing croquet.

3. What is Clarissa's friend, Hugh's, last name?
(a) Whitbread.
(b) Whitfield.
(c) Whittington.
(d) Whitmore.

4. Clarissa thinks that, in Peter's eyes, she _____________________.
(a) will never leave her husband.
(b) cannot measure up.
(c) will learn to love him again.
(d) can do no wrong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Septimus do in the crowd that embarrasses his wife?

2. Clarissa wishes she could be more like _________________.

3. What is the curious habit of the Irish cook?

4. What did the young woman in #66 do in her bedroom?

5. Who is Septimus' wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Peter's thoughts about Clarissa as he walks away from her house?

3. Who is Daisy and what role does she play in Peter's life?

4. What is wrong with the dress Clarissa wants to wear to her party?

5. In what ways is Clarissa like the author, Virginia Woolf, in her personality traits?

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

7. Which woman does Clarissa admire more than anyone and longs to be like her?

8. What does Peter not realize about Clarissa as he chats with her in her room?

9. What is the source of Septimus' odd behavior, and what is the only recourse Rezia feels that she has?

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

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