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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Mary's emotional distress?
(a) She is upset by her encounter with Clarissa.
(b) She knows Julia will never love her the way she needs.
(c) She is afraid Clarissa will steal Julia away from her.
(d) The trauma of going shopping and having to face sales clerks.

2. What worrying symptoms does she think about?
(a) Hearing sparrows singing in Latin.
(b) Hearing voices and having headaches.
(c) Having headaches and giddiness.
(d) Hearing the devil speak to her.

3. To Clarissa, what does Mary resemble?
(a) A feral child.
(b) An Amazon.
(c) A stray dog.
(d) A glamor-puss.

4. 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 both of them could arrange flowers beautifully.
(c) She has a husband who doesn't quite understand her.
(d) She thinks she has a touch of the same brilliance.

5. What preoccupies Virginia?
(a) Leonard's worry over her.
(b) The train time-table.
(c) The price of children's coats in Harrods.
(d) The fate of 'Clarissa' in her novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does London mean to Virginia?

2. What can Leonard not easily distinguish?

3. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?

4. What does the unusual light in Richard's apartment reveal?

5. How does Virginia see herself?

(see the answer key)

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