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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. From the description at the beginning of this chapter, what would be a good word to use to describe Walter Hardy's expression?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Inscrutable.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Hang-dog.

2. What does Leonard want Virginia to do?
(a) To make boeuf en daube.
(b) To come to bed by 11.
(c) To come to bed at once.
(d) To do as she pleases.

3. What drove Clarissa to part from Richard over thirty years ago?
(a) Her desire to be famous.
(b) Her desire for a relatively ordinary life.
(c) The power of her suburban morality.
(d) He love for Louis and Sally.

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

5. What do Virginia and Vanessa do behind Nelly's back?
(a) Squabble.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Eat digestive biscuits.
(d) Eat sugared ginger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura intend to do in the hotel room?

2. What causes Laura's unexpressed desperation?

3. What is the cause of Mary's emotional distress?

4. What prompts Laura's fury?

5. Where would Clarissa like her ashes to be scattered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Richard's apartment being open to the light?

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

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

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

5. What is unusual about Louis' visit?

6. Over what matters concerning Julia does Clarissa worry?

7. What are some of the ways in which Laura justifies to herself her trip to the hotel just in order to read?

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

9. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

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

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