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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Clarissa find Richard?
(a) In the bath.
(b) Perched on the window sill.
(c) In his usual chair.
(d) Perched on the edge of the balcony.

2. What does Nelly bring from London?
(a) China tea and sugared ginger.
(b) A child's coat from Harrods.
(c) China tea and digestive biscuits.
(d) Jasmine tea and melting moments.

3. What do both Clarissa and Louis notice about each other?
(a) That each is well-preserved for their age.
(b) The extent of their aging in five years.
(c) That each is nervous for Richard.
(d) That each has has plastic surgery.

4. What drove Clarissa to part from Richard over thirty years ago?
(a) The power of her suburban morality.
(b) He love for Louis and Sally.
(c) Her desire to be famous.
(d) Her desire for a relatively ordinary life.

5. What is Clarissa nervous about?
(a) The way she ought to frame her comments to Julia.
(b) The way her new lipstick will make her look.
(c) Whther or not Julia likes green tea and sugared ginger.
(d) The tic that always manifests itself if she is under stress.

6. What do Virginia and Vanessa do behind Nelly's back?
(a) Eat sugared ginger.
(b) Squabble.
(c) Eat digestive biscuits.
(d) Kiss.

7. What is unusual about Clarissa and Sally?
(a) They are a couple who never fight.
(b) One is an artist and the other is a stock-broker.
(c) They dislike each other, but stay together in order not to lose face.
(d) Their relationship has laster twenty-seven years.

8. When she has to choose, what does Laura do?
(a) She drives along the Pasadena Freeway.
(b) She drives to Pasadena.
(c) She drives into Los Angeles.
(d) She heads off back the way she came.

9. What is the toothbrush-holder made of?
(a) Porcelain.
(b) Stainless steel.
(c) Glass.
(d) Wicker.

10. Where will Laura put her robe?
(a) On the end of the bed.
(b) In the wardrobe.
(c) On a hook behind the door.
(d) Over a chair.

11. What is the devil Virginia refers to?
(a) Her madness.
(b) The man with the satchell.
(c) Nelly.
(d) Her writer's block.

12. With what profession is Nelly's calm compared?
(a) With that of a patient nanny.
(b) With that of an executioner.
(c) With that of an undertaker.
(d) With that of a test pilot.

13. What has made Richard feel wonderful?
(a) The combination of drugs he has taken.
(b) The colors on his robe.
(c) The decision that he has made.
(d) The lovely day outside his gloomy apartment.

14. What is disturbing about Virginia kissing Vanessa?
(a) It happens on the train to London.
(b) It is not quite innocent.
(c) It is done behind Nelly's back.
(d) It is done behind Leonard's back.

15. What is little Richie's response to his mother's return?
(a) He's annoyed because he's been having a fine time playing and wanted this to continue.
(b) He is frightened.
(c) He tells her to come back later when he has finished his game.
(d) He is overwhelmed with love and relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times will Clarissa Dalloway have kissed a woman?

2. What gives Mrs. Latch's garage the look of a miniature house?

3. What does Laura remember being sold in novelty shops?

4. What causes Laura's unexpressed desperation?

5. What prompts Laura's fury?

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