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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?
(a) He has won a major literary prize, but his health is in serious decline.
(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 the money to buy a new apartment but mightn't live to get to move into it.

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

3. Who dozes on a slatted bench?
(a) Leonard.
(b) An old woman in a red jacket.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) An old woman in a shawl.

4. What can Virginia feel inside herself?
(a) Hunger--both to eat and to write.
(b) A cancer growing aggressively.
(c) A black, evil soul.
(d) A parallel, purer self--like a soul.

5. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?
(a) A sense of timelessness.
(b) Money.
(c) A kind of madness.
(d) Profound satisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who careens past on a bicycle?

3. Literally, what does the word 'porcine' mean?

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

5. Where is Clarissa when Willie Bass sees her?

(see the answer key)

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