2. How many words has Virginia written in this session?
(a) Two hundred and fifty.
(b) A thousand.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Two hundred and ninety.

3. What is Laura doing with the blue bowl?
(a) Admiring it.
(b) Beating butter and sugar in it.
(c) Sifting flour into it.
(d) Washing it up.

4. What is disturbing Laura?
(a) She's experiencing a dreamlike feeling that she cannot shake.
(b) She's experiencing an upset stomach and feels embarrassed.
(c) She is experiencing a strange fear that her pregnancy will go wrong.
(d) She is experiencing a sudden aversion to her husband and child.

5. Where is this chapter set?
(a) A London suburb in the year 1923.
(b) New York in 1994.
(c) A london suburb in 1941.
(d) Richmond-on-Thames, 1941.

6. What is Virginia doing as she muses?
(a) Walking in the streets of Richmond.
(b) Working at Hogarth Press.
(c) Sitting at her desk during a writing session.
(d) Having a bath.

7. How does Clarissa think we ought first to measure people?
(a) By their kindness and capacity for devotion.
(b) By their kindness and ability to be strong when needed.
(c) By the strength of their devotion and their commitment to art.
(d) By their moral strength and religious devotions.

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

9. What does the word 'ubiquitous' tell us about the Jack Russell terriers.
(a) That they are really small dogs.
(b) That they are noisy little pests and many people object to them.
(c) That they have become very common. Lots of people seem to have them.
(d) That they are big dogs that many people own.

10. What is Richie nervous about?
(a) Breaking the eggs.
(b) Licking the bowl.
(c) Measuring the butter.
(d) Measuring the flour.

11. What material is used for the counter top in Clarissa's kitchen?
(a) Formica.
(b) Terra cotta.
(c) Granite.
(d) Tiles.

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

13. What has attracted a small crowd?
(a) Two young girls.
(b) Cate Blanchett.
(c) A Chinese boy.
(d) The film activities.

14. What happened to Kitty's husband during the War?
(a) He was a prisoner of war in Germany.
(b) He was a prisoner of war in the Philippines.
(c) He survived the horrors of the Burma Railway.
(d) He was jailed as a conscientious objector.

15. What will prompt Dan to say: 'Get a load of this'?
(a) Seeing how wonderfully clean and tidy the house is.
(b) Seeing the expensive shirt and tie Clarissa has bought for him.
(c) Seeing Richie all dressed up for the occasion.
(d) Seeing the cake Clarissa has made for him.