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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. Where will Laura put her robe?
(a) Over a chair.
(b) In the wardrobe.
(c) On the end of the bed.
(d) On a hook behind the door.

2. What is Louis' sad observation?
(a) That there is so little love in the world.
(b) That aging is sad and tragic.
(c) That life is a sour experience.
(d) That there is too much violence in the world.

3. What does the unusual light in Richard's apartment reveal?
(a) The way the illness has ravaged his face and body.
(b) That he really needs to fire his cleaning lady.
(c) The flaws and smallness of his life's detritus.
(d) His astonishing taste in art.

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

5. What does Nelly bring from London?
(a) China tea and digestive biscuits.
(b) Jasmine tea and melting moments.
(c) China tea and sugared ginger.
(d) A child's coat from Harrods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Clarissa and Sally?

2. How does Virginia describe Vanessa's hand?

3. Why does Clarissa imagine Julia despises her?

4. How much of her book has Laura now read?

5. What is the toothbrush-holder made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Virginia, at this point, begin to reconsider killing off her character, Mrs. Dalloway?

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

3. What do the two women exchange as Laura prepares to return home?

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

5. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

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

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

8. What gives Laura the feeling that she has actually succeeded in achieving a kind of perfection?

9. Why is suicide not an option for Laura?

10. What is unusual about Louis' visit?

(see the answer keys)

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