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

2. Who is Lucy's Irish cook?
(a) Mrs. O' Leary.
(b) Mrs. Geary.
(c) Mrs. Walker.
(d) Mrs. Shannon.

3. What is Clarissa doing when Peter arrives?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Taking a bath.
(c) Preparing lunch.
(d) Mending a dress.

4. Who is Clarissa's daughter?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Amy.

5. With which woman did Clarissa fall in love with at school?
(a) Sally Sawyer.
(b) Sally Seton.
(c) Sally Sylvan.
(d) Sally Simpson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Clarissa's friends does Hugh dislike?

2. What is Maisie's last name?

3. Who ended the relationship between Clarissa and Peter?

4. Clarissa wishes she could be more like _________________.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the young woman in #66?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Sally Seton and what role does she play in Clarissa's life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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