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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is she 'allowed' to be self-indulgent at the moment?
(a) She has just finished a diet.
(b) Her husband has just confirmed how much he loves her.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is hoping she is pregnant.

3. How does Virginia see herself?
(a) As a privileged wife.
(b) As merely a gifted eccentric.
(c) As a closet lesbian.
(d) As a great writer.

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

5. Which novel is Laura Brown reading?
(a) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
(b) Virginia Woolf by Vanessa Bell
(c) Mrs Dalloway by Vanessa Albee
(d) Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet-name does Laura have for Richie?

2. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?

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

4. Who gives Clarissa the nickname 'Mrs Dalloway'?

5. What has appeared in the window-box of the woman next door?

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