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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. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?
(a) Laura Brown.
(b) Clarissa Dalloway.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Clarissa Vaughan.

2. How old was Richard when he and Clarissa argued?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Nineteen.

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

4. How does Laura imagine the birthday cake?
(a) As good as anything in a magazine.
(b) Better than she could by downtown.
(c) Equal to anything in the shops.
(d) As better than anything in a magazine.

5. Who gives Clarissa the nickname 'Mrs Dalloway'?
(a) Sally
(b) Virginia
(c) Dennis
(d) Richard

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Barbara come to New York?

2. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?

3. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?

4. What is Richie nervous about?

5. In what season of the year does this part of the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Willie Bass think of Clarissa?

5. What is significant about Oliver St. Ives?

6. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

7. What makes Clarissa Vaughan embarrassed?

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

9. What impression of Leonard Woolf is given in this chapter?

10. What is unusual about the headache Virginia suffers?

(see the answer keys)

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