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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worrying symptoms does she think about?

2. In what way does Virginia see Clarissa coming to her senses.

3. What is the overall impression of the building Richard lives in?

4. What does Laura think might be a little foolish?

5. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reasons has Virginia Woolf decided to end her life?

2. What is the 'inner faculty' that Virginia refers to?

3. What is Richie's attitude toward his mother?

4. Why does Virginia wish to avoid Nelly on this particular morning?

5. What makes Clarissa Vaughan embarrassed?

6. What is significant about Oliver St. Ives?

7. How does Laura attempt to achieve perfection?

8. What are Laura's feelings about her son?

9. What impression of Leonard Woolf is given in this chapter?

10. What is Virginia's attitude toward Vanessa's children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one major character from the novel The Hours and explore the way in which conflict is important to that character's development.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways do you think imagery is important in Michael Cunningham's The Hours? Consider concepts and characters and refer closely to the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the tension between commitment and freedom in the lives of the characters in Michael Cunningham's The Hours. Focus particularly on two major characters and one minor one.

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