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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura seem to have learned through her time in the kitchen with Richie?
(a) The foolishness of too much introspection.
(b) That she doesn't want a second child.
(c) That she needs to be close to Richie.
(d) The knack of living happily.

2. In what season of the year does this part of the story take place?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

3. Her memories of 'taking the Host' show us what about Laura?
(a) That she is courteous.
(b) That she had led a promiscuous life.
(c) That she used to be a Catholic.
(d) That she used to work in hospitality.

4. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?
(a) Clarissa Vaughan.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Clarissa Dalloway.
(d) Laura Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is disturbing Laura?

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

3. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?

4. What language did Virginia hear sparrows using?

5. What is the woman under the arch doing?

(see the answer key)

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