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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) The failure of the cake.
(b) Squabbles about the meaning of life.
(c) The later arrival of the sugared ginger.
(d) The crisis over the dying thrush.

2. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?
(a) She seems too happy.
(b) She is no longer beautiful.
(c) Her hands look arthritic.
(d) Her hair is quickly going white.

3. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?
(a) Objectionable.
(b) Fussy.
(c) Obese.
(d) Darkly obscure.

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

5. How does Virginia feel around servants?
(a) Weak and fumbling.
(b) At ease. They know their place.
(c) Superior.
(d) Secretive and guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Laura see out of the hotel window?

2. How early are Vanessa and the children for their expected visit?

3. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?

4. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?

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

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