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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Laura set the table?
(a) With a set of white place-mats.
(b) With a serviceable oilcloth.
(c) With a batik cloth she bought in Bali.
(d) With a starched white cloth.

2. How does Virginia describe Vanessa's hand?
(a) Moist and fat.
(b) Plump.
(c) Elegant and graceful.
(d) Skinny.

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

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

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

6. In Walter, what does Sally find unbearable?
(a) His banality.
(b) His venal nature.
(c) His good looks.
(d) His vanity.

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

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

9. At what time of day does Virginia set off for a walk?
(a) Mid-day.
(b) Dusk--early evening.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) About half an hour before sunset.

10. How many times will Clarissa Dalloway have kissed a woman?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Never.
(d) On many occasions.

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

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

13. What makes Virginia think of millinery?
(a) Birthdays.
(b) The thrush on its pyre.
(c) Harrods.
(d) Vanessa's elegance.

14. With which particular person does Laura contrast her own life?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Barbara.

15. What does the unusual light in Richard's apartment reveal?
(a) The way the illness has ravaged his face and body.
(b) His astonishing taste in art.
(c) The flaws and smallness of his life's detritus.
(d) That he really needs to fire his cleaning lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will haunt Clarissa's life?

2. Who does Laura desire?

3. What is important about the imagery of the squirrel's tail?

4. What battle has been won?

5. What does Clarissa imagine her roses appear to be, according to Mary's view of the world?

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