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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Virginia put in the pocket of her cardigan?
(a) A large stone.
(b) Money.
(c) Two suicide notes.
(d) A handful of pebbles and small rocks.

3. Literally, what does the word 'porcine' mean?
(a) Like a pig.
(b) Fat.
(c) Uncertain.
(d) Like a porcupine.

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

5. For whom does Virginia leave notes?
(a) Leonard and Clarissa.
(b) Vanessa and Clarissa
(c) Richard and Clarissa.
(d) Leonard and Vanessa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Barbara come to New York?

4. What species of bird is mentioned as this chapter draws to a close?

5. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?

(see the answer key)

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