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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What world does Laura feel she now inhabits?
(a) A twilight world of Los Angeles smog.
(b) A holistic zone of healing.
(c) A twilight zone of London in the twenties.
(d) A world away from the mundane.

3. How many times has Laura tried to get the cake right?
(a) Three times.
(b) Once.
(c) She gave up and bought one.
(d) Twice.

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

5. What is Louis' sad observation?
(a) That there is so little love in the world.
(b) That life is a sour experience.
(c) That aging is sad and tragic.
(d) That there is too much violence in the world.

6. What does London mean to Virginia?
(a) Crowds and complications.
(b) Fear.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Freedom.

7. What gives Mrs. Latch's garage the look of a miniature house?
(a) The way the door has two little red windows in it.
(b) The size and shape of it compared to the main house.
(c) The way the door has a green-shuttered window in it.
(d) The way the door has a cantilevered front extension, like a storm porch.

8. What makes Virginia shudder?
(a) The song of the dying thrush.
(b) The strong east wind.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) Boiled beef.

9. Who wears gold-rimmed glasses?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Oliver St. Ives.
(c) Walter Hardy.
(d) Sally.

10. What does Clarissa imagine her roses appear to be, according to Mary's view of the world?
(a) Symbolic of oppression.
(b) Unnecessary and expensive.
(c) Things of beauty and substance.
(d) Symbolic of transience.

11. What is implied about Richmond station's yellow wooden benches?
(a) They are hard.
(b) They are necessary and appreciated by travelers.
(c) They are comfortable.
(d) They are attractive.

12. What genre of screenplay are they discussing?
(a) Drama.
(b) Thriller.
(c) Musical.
(d) Film noir.

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

14. What prompts Laura's fury?
(a) Dan being off-hand with Richie.
(b) Dan's spittle on the cake.
(c) Dan being unable to blow out the candles.
(d) Dan secretly laughing at Laura's efforts.

15. What causes Laura's unexpressed desperation?
(a) He belief that she will never live like Mrs. Dalloway.
(b) Her realization that Richie will grow up to be gay.
(c) She feels trapped forever in an ordinary life.
(d) Her sorrows are ordinary and she knows it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clarissa imagine Julia despises her?

2. What does Richard call death?

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

4. What drove Clarissa to part from Richard over thirty years ago?

5. Which character does Julia describe as strange?

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