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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. How does Virginia describe Ralph?
(a) As a handsome ditherer.
(b) As handsome and callow.
(c) As handsome but amoral.
(d) As daring.

2. What worrying symptoms does she think about?
(a) Hearing the devil speak to her.
(b) Having headaches and giddiness.
(c) Hearing voices and having headaches.
(d) Hearing sparrows singing in Latin.

3. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?
(a) They are good friends and look out for each other.
(b) Sometimes they clash, but on the whole they get on well.
(c) She doesn't. She doesn't know them.
(d) She can't stand them because they never paint their shutters.

4. What has attracted a small crowd?
(a) The film activities.
(b) A Chinese boy.
(c) Cate Blanchett.
(d) Two young girls.

5. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?
(a) She seems too happy.
(b) Her hair is quickly going white.
(c) She is no longer beautiful.
(d) Her hands look arthritic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?

2. What troubles Laura about Richie?

3. What breed of dog is mentioned in this chapter?

4. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?

5. What does the word 'ephemera' mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Clarissa Vaughan embarrassed?

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

3. What is significant about the kiss Laura gives to Kitty?

4. What is the 'inner faculty' that Virginia refers to?

5. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

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

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

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

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

10. What went wrong with the relationship of Clarissa and Richard when they were younger?

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