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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 did Peter think when he was first introduced to Richard Dalloway?

2. Why has Peter returned to London?

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

4. Clarissa wishes she could be more like _________________.

5. Who has Clarissa been thinking a lot about lately?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author introduce Clarissa Dalloway?

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

3. Why had Clarissa broken off her engagement to Peter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Miss Kilman. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Miss Kilman's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Dissatisfaction takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of the dissatisfaction of some of the main characters? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the major settings for the novel. Why does Woolf use the settings she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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