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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sally is her lover, but who is Clarissa's truest friend?
(a) Dan.
(b) Walter.
(c) Richard.
(d) Virginia.

2. What is the age difference between Virginia and Vanessa?
(a) Vanessa is three years older.
(b) Virginia is two years older.
(c) They are twins: Vanessa is half an hour older.
(d) Virginia is three years older.

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

4. To Clarissa, what does Mary resemble?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A glamor-puss.
(c) An Amazon.
(d) A feral child.

5. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?
(a) He has the money to buy a new apartment but mightn't live to get to move into it.
(b) It has come just when he is no longer interested in fame.
(c) He has won a major literary prize but he'll need all the money to pay off debts.
(d) He has won a major literary prize, but his health is in serious decline.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Laura think she is similar to Virginia Woolf?

2. Why does Clarissa imagine Julia despises her?

3. What is the reason for the slabs of italic type in this chapter?

4. What is the very long chapter in Richard's novel concerned with?

5. What color is Laura's gown?

(see the answer key)

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