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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has a voice like a parakeet, according to Virginia?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Nelly.
(d) Ralph.

2. What can Virginia feel inside herself?
(a) A black, evil soul.
(b) Hunger--both to eat and to write.
(c) A parallel, purer self--like a soul.
(d) A cancer growing aggressively.

3. As she drives, in what does Laura find consolation?
(a) That the car is clean.
(b) That her earrings match her bracelet.
(c) That she has remembered to bring her book.
(d) The impeccable way she has organized things.

4. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?
(a) A kind of madness.
(b) A sense of timelessness.
(c) Money.
(d) Profound satisfaction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words has Virginia written in this session?

2. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?

3. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?

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

5. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?

(see the answer key)

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