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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ralph?
(a) Leonard's boyfriend.
(b) Virginia's eldest son.
(c) Leonard's assistant.
(d) Leonard's brother.

2. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?
(a) Metalanguage.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Semantic.
(d) Simile.

3. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?
(a) The effect of the strong current as it carries her away.
(b) Her fur coat.
(c) The stripes of green-black weed.
(d) The interplay of light on seaweed and water.

4. What pet-name does Laura have for Richie?
(a) Baby.
(b) Wog.
(c) Bug.
(d) Richo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Laura think she is similar to Virginia Woolf?

2. How does Laura imagine the birthday cake?

3. Why does Clarissa take the stairs?

4. What will prompt Dan to say: 'Get a load of this'?

5. What does Laura seem to have learned through her time in the kitchen with Richie?

(see the answer key)

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