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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?
(a) Sometimes they clash, but on the whole they get on well.
(b) She doesn't. She doesn't know them.
(c) They are good friends and look out for each other.
(d) She can't stand them because they never paint their shutters.

2. In what way does Virginia see Clarissa coming to her senses.
(a) By marrying for love.
(b) By marrying a suitable man
(c) By calming down and looking at things rationally.
(d) By recognizing her difficulties.

3. Literally, what does the word 'porcine' mean?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Fat.
(c) Like a pig.
(d) Like a porcupine.

4. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Semantic.
(c) Metalanguage.
(d) Simile.

5. Where is Leonard when Virginia goes to talk to him?
(a) In the printing room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In his study.
(d) In the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Virginia feel inside herself?

2. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?

3. Who dozes on a slatted bench?

4. What are Virginia and Marjorie doing when Vanessa arrives?

5. Where is this chapter set?

(see the answer key)

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