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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?
(a) Write.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Read.
(d) Talk.

2. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?
(a) An historian.
(b) A poet.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A lover.

3. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"
(a) Neville.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Rhoda.

4. What phrase does Susan use to describe her position in life as it is in Section 7?
(a) That she is "not one of those who find their satisfaction in one person, or in infinity."
(b) That she, "divests herself of her authority."
(c) That she is, "no longer young. No longer part of the procession."
(d) She has "reached the summit of her desires."

5. What do the characters wish to do with the moment they share in the restaurant in Section 4?
(a) Cherish it.
(b) Forget it.
(c) Tarnish it.
(d) Meditate on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of insect does Woolf describe in the elaborate simile at the beginning of Section 7?

2. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?

3. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?

4. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?

5. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?

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