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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crisis looms before tea?
(a) Squabbles about the meaning of life.
(b) The later arrival of the sugared ginger.
(c) The crisis over the dying thrush.
(d) The failure of the cake.

2. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?
(a) Her headache.
(b) A character in Mrs Dalloway.
(c) Death.
(d) Her anger towards Nelly.

3. What annoys Leonard?
(a) Ralph's poetry.
(b) The errors he finds on the proof pages.
(c) Virginia's not finishing her writing.
(d) Barbara's voice.

4. What language did Virginia hear sparrows using?
(a) Greek.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) Gudjurat.

5. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Leonard.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Nelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vanessa resembles a sculpture of which period, according to Virginia?

2. As she drives, in what does Laura find consolation?

3. What is Virginia's reaction as Vanessa takes her hand?

4. Who has a voice like a parakeet, according to Virginia?

5. What can Virginia feel inside herself?

(see the answer key)

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