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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 is the reason for the slabs of italic type in this chapter?
(a) They are to indicate the novel Laura is reading.
(b) They are to indicate the character's innermost thoughts.
(c) They signal a time-slip.
(d) They indicate sections that don't matter to the overall story.

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

3. Who dozes on a slatted bench?
(a) Leonard.
(b) An old woman in a red jacket.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) An old woman in a shawl.

4. For whom does Virginia leave notes?
(a) Leonard and Clarissa.
(b) Leonard and Vanessa.
(c) Vanessa and Clarissa
(d) Richard and Clarissa.

5. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?
(a) Fussy.
(b) Obese.
(c) Objectionable.
(d) Darkly obscure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?

2. What does Clarissa urge Richard to do?

3. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?

4. Why is she 'allowed' to be self-indulgent at the moment?

5. How many planes does Virginia see above her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the utterance of the word 'hurl'?

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

3. What is Richie's attitude toward his mother?

4. What makes Clarissa Vaughan embarrassed?

5. What is significant about Oliver St. Ives?

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

7. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

8. As presented in this chapter, what is Clarissa Vaughan's attitude to life?

9. What does Willie Bass think of Clarissa?

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

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