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

2. What is the devil Virginia refers to?
(a) The man with the satchell.
(b) Her madness.
(c) Nelly.
(d) Her writer's block.

3. How many times will Clarissa Dalloway have kissed a woman?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) On many occasions.

4. What makes Virginia think of millinery?
(a) Vanessa's elegance.
(b) Birthdays.
(c) Harrods.
(d) The thrush on its pyre.

5. How does this chapter begin?
(a) With the ordinary routines and rituals of going to bed.
(b) With Laura feeling ashamed.
(c) With a cynical comment on married life.
(d) With Richie having a nightmare.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richard call death?

3. What is the toothbrush-holder made of?

4. What does Laura feel herself to be?

5. What does London mean to Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is unusual about Louis' visit?

4. What fears does Virginia have at this point in the novel?

5. What are Laura's rather bitter hopes about heaven?

6. In what ways are Clarissa and Mary different?

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

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

9. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

10. What does Louis think of Clarissa?

(see the answer keys)

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