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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does this chapter begin?
(a) With a cynical comment on married life.
(b) With Richie having a nightmare.
(c) With the ordinary routines and rituals of going to bed.
(d) With Laura feeling ashamed.

3. What does Laura feel herself to be?
(a) Ghostlike: a presence that perceives.
(b) Ungrateful and guilty.
(c) Loving and dutiful.
(d) Airy: like a wandering wisp of wind.

4. According to Virginia, what makes a person technically insane?
(a) They attempt teaching Greek to sparrows.
(b) They see meaning everywhere.
(c) They hear voices.
(d) They don't see meaning in anything.

5. What jewelry is Laura wearing?
(a) An ivory pendant.
(b) An ivory bangle.
(c) Three ivory bangles.
(d) Gold chains and rings.

6. What is the very long chapter in Richard's novel concerned with?
(a) A woman giving birth.
(b) The uses of sandpaper.
(c) A meditation over the breaking of an egg.
(d) A woman shopping for nail polish.

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

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

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

10. In what way does Oliver intend this film to be different?
(a) The hero will be an alien.
(b) The hero will die in the end.
(c) The hero will be a tortured gay man with HIV.
(d) The hero will be an uncomplicated gay man.

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

12. What can Laura see out of the hotel window?
(a) Cars on a freeway.
(b) A statue of Christ.
(c) A V-shaped plaza with a fountain.
(d) A row of shops and a fountain.

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

14. What does Laura intend to do in the hotel room?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read Mrs Dalloway.
(c) Read Pride and Prejudice.
(d) Commit suicide.

15. What makes Richie frown in concentration?
(a) Making a wish as the birthday candles burn.
(b) Trying not to spill crumbs as he eats the birthday cake.
(c) The job of removing the candles from the cake.
(d) Trying to make out the letters on the cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Julia describe as strange?

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

3. What does Richard call death?

4. What does Richie sense he and his father might have in common?

5. To Clarissa, what does Mary resemble?

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