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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nelly preparing for supper?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Beef with burgundy.
(c) Boiled beef.
(d) Beef Wellington.

2. How does Virginia see herself?
(a) As merely a gifted eccentric.
(b) As a closet lesbian.
(c) As a great writer.
(d) As a privileged wife.

3. What does Laura intend to do in the hotel room?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read Mrs Dalloway.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Read Pride and Prejudice.

4. Why does Richard burn incense?
(a) As part of a religious ritual.
(b) To cover the smells of his illness.
(c) To cover smells of garlic in the kitchen.
(d) He finds the fragrance helps his poetry.

5. Vanessa resembles a sculpture of which period, according to Virginia?
(a) Byzantine.
(b) Sixteenth century.
(c) Late Baroque.
(d) Pre-Raphaelite.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the devil Virginia refers to?

3. Why does Clarissa take the stairs?

4. Why does Laura tell Richie he is a smart boy?

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

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