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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?
(a) "Like the chiming of bells."
(b) "Barely audible."
(c) "A blank melody outside."
(d) "A disruptive cacophony."

2. What significant fact does the reader learn about Bernard's life early in Section 4?
(a) He is on his way to a funeral.
(b) He is engaged to be married.
(c) He has become famous.
(d) He is dying.

3. Which of the female characters seems most content with her place in life when the reader encounters her in Section 3?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Miss Lambert.

4. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?
(a) The estate at Elvedon.
(b) Jinny kissing Louis.
(c) The waves crashing on the beach.
(d) A sermon in church.

5. Why have the characters gathered in Section 4?
(a) A farewell dinner for Percival.
(b) A farewell dinner for Louis.
(c) A farewell dinner for himself.
(d) A farewell dinner for Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?

2. In the beginning of Section 5, what state does Woolf describe the sun as being in?

3. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?

4. Who begins Section 3?

5. How does Jinny characterize her social life as it is in Section 6?

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