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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 do both Clarissa and Louis notice about each other?
(a) That each is well-preserved for their age.
(b) That each is nervous for Richard.
(c) The extent of their aging in five years.
(d) That each has has plastic surgery.

2. What is implied about Richmond station's yellow wooden benches?
(a) They are hard.
(b) They are attractive.
(c) They are necessary and appreciated by travelers.
(d) They are comfortable.

3. With which particular person does Laura contrast her own life?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Virginia.

4. Where would Clarissa like her ashes to be scattered?
(a) On the big dune at Wellfleet.
(b) In her own garden.
(c) Over the lake in Central Park.
(d) Wherever Richard's are scattered.

5. Which character does Julia describe as strange?
(a) Mary.
(b) Louis.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard call death?

2. What is the toothbrush-holder made of?

3. What preoccupies Virginia?

4. What is unusual about Clarissa and Sally?

5. What battle has been won?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Virginia see as a kind of devil?

2. What distracts Laura as she gets out of her car at Mrs. Latch's house?

3. Why does Laura delay joining her husband in bed as his birthday draws to an end?

4. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

5. In what way is Laura's ambivalence towards her husband evident in Chapter 19 of The Hours?

6. Why does Walter want to buy his young partner a present?

7. What is Sally's reaction to Walter's present-buying?

8. What is Richard's most precious memory of Clarissa?

9. Which character is referred to as the subjugated Amazon Queen?

10. What writing decision of Virginia's is prompted by her success in her campaign to move back to London?

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