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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 signal a time-slip.
(b) They are to indicate the character's innermost thoughts.
(c) They are to indicate the novel Laura is reading.
(d) They indicate sections that don't matter to the overall story.

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

3. Her memories of 'taking the Host' show us what about Laura?
(a) That she used to work in hospitality.
(b) That she used to be a Catholic.
(c) That she had led a promiscuous life.
(d) That she is courteous.

4. What color is Laura's gown?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) A soft green.
(d) Pale aqua.

5. How many words has Virginia written in this session?
(a) Two hundred and fifty.
(b) A thousand.
(c) Two hundred and ninety.
(d) Two hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?

2. For whom does Virginia leave notes?

3. Where is this chapter set?

4. What worrying symptoms does she think about?

5. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Clarissa Vaughan embarrassed?

2. How does Laura plan to compensate for her neglect of Dan and Richie at breakfast?

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

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

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

6. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

7. What does Willie Bass think of Clarissa?

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

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

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

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