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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maisie's last name?

2. Peter thinks that Clarissa cannot understand ____________________.

3. Clarissa is fond of viewing things as ___________________.

4. What is the name of the floral shop where Clarissa shops?

5. Why is Hugh not very cheerful lately?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do both Peter and Clarissa secretly think about the other?

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

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

7. Who is Hugh Whitbread and what role does he play in Clarissa's lie?

8. What are Peter's perceptions of Clarissa after having been gone for five years?

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

10. How does the author introduce Clarissa Dalloway?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Septimus. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams and fears? Does he have a mental or physical condition? What else can you say about the character?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Rezia. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? Her fears and doubts? What else can you say about the character?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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