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

2. Why is Laura disappointed?
(a) The cake does not measure up to her hopes for it.
(b) Richie does not appreciate that it is his father's birthday.
(c) The cake has risen too much.
(d) Richie does not like the cake.

3. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?
(a) She is relying too much on coffee and alcohol.
(b) She is being rude to Nelly.
(c) She is refusing to eat.
(d) She is unable to work.

4. When she was at school, Kitty was part of _________________________________.
(a) A group who dropped out of school before graduating.
(b) The bookish group who hung around the library.
(c) A Christian fundamentalist group.
(d) The dominant, popular group of cheerleaders and stars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura think of the shadow of the passing bird?

2. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?

3. What is Virginia's reaction as Vanessa takes her hand?

4. Why does Laura tell Richie he is a smart boy?

5. What material is used for the counter top in Clarissa's kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How pervasive are the voices Virginia hears?

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

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

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

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

6. What sets a favorable writing mindset for Virginia Woolf in this chapter?

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

8. Why does Virginia wish to avoid Nelly on this particular morning?

9. What is significant about Oliver St. Ives?

10. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

(see the answer keys)

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