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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?
(a) She is unable to work.
(b) She is relying too much on coffee and alcohol.
(c) She is refusing to eat.
(d) She is being rude to Nelly.

2. What does Laura think of the shadow of the passing bird?
(a) She thinks of how it represents freedom.
(b) She is briefly alarmed by it.
(c) She is indifferent to it.
(d) She is briefly, deeply pleased by it.

3. Why did Barbara come to New York?
(a) To be near her lover, an opera singer.
(b) To open a florist shop.
(c) To sing opera.
(d) To escape a disapproving family.

4. What does Virginia fear?
(a) Jellyfish.
(b) Pain.
(c) Anger.
(d) Relapse.

5. How does Clarissa think we ought first to measure people?
(a) By the strength of their devotion and their commitment to art.
(b) By their moral strength and religious devotions.
(c) By their kindness and ability to be strong when needed.
(d) By their kindness and capacity for devotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Virginia feel around servants?

2. What can Leonard not easily distinguish?

3. What is a sarcophagus?

4. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?

5. In what season of the year does this part of the story take place?

(see the answer key)

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