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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Laura imagine the birthday cake?
(a) As good as anything in a magazine.
(b) As better than anything in a magazine.
(c) Equal to anything in the shops.
(d) Better than she could by downtown.

2. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?
(a) The world that is to be saved by the return of Jesus.
(b) The world as it could be without global warming.
(c) The world after World War II.
(d) The world after World War I.

3. What sort of top is Clarissa wearing?
(a) A knitted top.
(b) A man's cotton shirt.
(c) A blue turtleneck.
(d) An elegant silk shirt.

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

5. In what way does Laura think she is similar to Virginia Woolf?
(a) She thinks both of them could arrange flowers beautifully.
(b) She has a husband who doesn't quite understand her.
(c) She thinks she has a touch of the same brilliance.
(d) She has a big nose, and so does Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?

2. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?

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

4. What does Laura tell Richie she will do today?

5. Which novel is Laura Brown reading?

(see the answer key)

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