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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Virginia say a person feels free to do anything?
(a) When one lives in permissive times.
(b) In old age.
(c) In the brief time when one is young.
(d) When one has reached maturity.

2. What does Leonard worship above all else?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Accompaniment.
(d) Accomplishment.

3. Who is Ralph?
(a) Leonard's brother.
(b) Leonard's assistant.
(c) Leonard's boyfriend.
(d) Virginia's eldest son.

4. When she has to choose, what does Laura do?
(a) She drives into Los Angeles.
(b) She drives to Pasadena.
(c) She drives along the Pasadena Freeway.
(d) She heads off back the way she came.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Vanessa last visit?

3. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?

4. How does Virginia feel around servants?

5. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?

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