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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 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.

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

3. At what time of day does Virginia set off for a walk?
(a) Mid-day.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) Dusk--early evening.
(d) About half an hour before sunset.

4. What is disturbing about Virginia kissing Vanessa?
(a) It happens on the train to London.
(b) It is not quite innocent.
(c) It is done behind Leonard's back.
(d) It is done behind Nelly's back.

5. What is little Richie's response to his mother's return?
(a) He is overwhelmed with love and relief.
(b) He tells her to come back later when he has finished his game.
(c) He's annoyed because he's been having a fine time playing and wanted this to continue.
(d) He is frightened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clarissa imagine Julia despises her?

2. What surprises Sally about Oliver?

3. What do both Clarissa and Louis notice about each other?

4. What is the very long chapter in Richard's novel concerned with?

5. What is the devil Virginia refers to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

3. In what ways are Clarissa and Mary different?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is suicide not an option for Laura?

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

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

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