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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. How many times has Laura tried to get the cake right?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) She gave up and bought one.

2. With what profession is Nelly's calm compared?
(a) With that of a test pilot.
(b) With that of an undertaker.
(c) With that of a patient nanny.
(d) With that of an executioner.

3. What battle has been won?
(a) Virginia's tussle with Nelly.
(b) Virginia's campaign to move to London.
(c) Leonard's campaign to move to London.
(d) Ypres.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does this chapter begin?

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

3. What has made Richard feel wonderful?

4. What is Clarissa nervous about?

5. How does Virginia describe Vanessa's hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Louis think of Clarissa?

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

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

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

7. Over what matters concerning Julia does Clarissa worry?

8. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

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

10. In what ways are Clarissa and Mary different?

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