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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What breed of dog is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Pug.
(b) Corgi.
(c) Old English sheepdog.
(d) Chow Chow.

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

3. Where is this chapter set?
(a) New York in 1994.
(b) A London suburb in the year 1923.
(c) Richmond-on-Thames, 1941.
(d) A london suburb in 1941.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonard worship above all else?

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

3. In what way does Virginia see Clarissa coming to her senses.

4. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?

5. What does Laura intend to do in the hotel room?

(see the answer key)

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