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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device is represented by 'sinister beauty'?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Dactyl.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

2. Who is Louis?
(a) Richard's boss.
(b) Richard's gay lover.
(c) Clarissa's boss.
(d) A French artist.

3. What is the age difference between Virginia and Vanessa?
(a) Vanessa is three years older.
(b) Virginia is three years older.
(c) Virginia is two years older.
(d) They are twins: Vanessa is half an hour older.

4. What is Virginia's reaction as Vanessa takes her hand?
(a) She feels she must put up with it for the children's sake.
(b) She feels both irritated and satisfied.
(c) She feels happy at this expression of caring.
(d) She feels comfortable.

5. How early are Vanessa and the children for their expected visit?
(a) Two and a half hours.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) Four hours.
(d) About an hour and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her suicide note, what impression does Virginia give of her marriage?

2. What does the word 'ephemera' mean?

3. Where is this chapter set?

4. What can Leonard not easily distinguish?

5. Why did Barbara come to New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Clarissa Vaughan embarrassed?

2. Why did Virginia not engage more with Nelly over the matter of the day's menu?

3. What important writing quality does Virginia exhibit?

4. When Clarissa thinks of Richard's illness, what makes her resentful?

5. What is notable about Richard's good fortune?

6. Account for Virginia's idea that death means freedom.

7. What is significant about Vanessa's visit to Hogarth House?

8. How pervasive are the voices Virginia hears?

9. What is Virginia's attitude toward Vanessa's children?

10. Why is Clarissa hurt about Sally going out to lunch with Oliver St. Ives?

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