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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 see herself?
(a) As merely a gifted eccentric.
(b) As a great writer.
(c) As a closet lesbian.
(d) As a privileged wife.

2. Sally is her lover, but who is Clarissa's truest friend?
(a) Walter.
(b) Richard.
(c) Dan.
(d) Virginia.

3. What is the last thing Virginia truly perceives?
(a) A blue sky and sparrows.
(b) That Vanessa will be a comfort to Leonard.
(c) A man standing on a bridge and looking at her.
(d) A red-jacketed man fishing under a cloudy sky.

4. Why does Clarissa take the stairs?
(a) She fears being trapped in the elevator.
(b) The exercise energizes her.
(c) She recognizes the need to keep fit.
(d) The elevator smells bad.

5. What does Laura think of the shadow of the passing bird?
(a) She thinks of how it represents freedom.
(b) She is briefly, deeply pleased by it.
(c) She is briefly alarmed by it.
(d) She is indifferent to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many planes does Virginia see above her?

2. What literary device is represented by 'sinister beauty'?

3. What can Virginia feel inside herself?

4. Why does Richard burn incense?

5. What color is Laura's gown?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Willie Bass think of Clarissa?

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

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

5. For what reasons has Virginia Woolf decided to end her life?

6. What fascinates Laura about Virginia Woolf's death?

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

8. Comment on the style of the Prologue to The Hours by Michael Cunningham.

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

10. When Dan returned from the war, why was he given special acclaim?

(see the answer keys)

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