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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 1941.
(b) Richmond-on-Thames, 1941.
(c) New York in 1994.
(d) A London suburb in the year 1923.

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

3. How many planes does Virginia see above her?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) None.

4. What is a sarcophagus?
(a) A sarcastic Greek.
(b) A person who eats flesh.
(c) A stone coffin.
(d) A kind of bone cancer.

5. What is the maid's response to Leonard's alarm?
(a) She turns her head away and conceals a smile of triumph.
(b) She goes to the phone to call the police.
(c) She panics and runs to the kitchen.
(d) She panics and starts to cry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Virginia put in the pocket of her cardigan?

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

4. What does Leonard intend to do when he goes upstairs?

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

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