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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

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

4. Where is Walter Hardy heading?
(a) For Madison Square Garden.
(b) For Prince Street station.
(c) For Washington Square Park.
(d) For Central Park.

5. What literary device is represented by 'sinister beauty'?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Dactyl.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Virginia see herself?

3. What does the word 'ubiquitous' tell us about the Jack Russell terriers.

4. For whom does Virginia leave notes?

5. How does Virginia feel around servants?

(see the answer key)

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