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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word 'emanate' mean?
(a) To flow from a source.
(b) To raise higher.
(c) To persuade people to join a religion.
(d) To become important.

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

3. What does a good house speak of?
(a) Good taste.
(b) The skill of the architect and builders.
(c) The social standing of the owners.
(d) Comfort and safety.

4. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?
(a) He has won a major literary prize but he'll need all the money to pay off debts.
(b) It has come just when he is no longer interested in fame.
(c) He has won a major literary prize, but his health is in serious decline.
(d) He has the money to buy a new apartment but mightn't live to get to move into it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Virginia leave notes?

2. What can Virginia feel inside herself?

3. What color does not look well on Sally?

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

5. What does Clarissa urge Richard to do?

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