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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?
(a) She does not mention the children she has.
(b) She does not mention any of the other characters.
(c) She speaks solely about herself and Percival.
(d) She speaks in iambic pentameter.

2. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Waves on the beach as the sun rises.
(b) The sun at mid-point in the sky.
(c) The sun setting.
(d) A silent forest.

3. Who repeats variations of the phrase, "I will gather my flowers and present them--Oh! to whom?"
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Rhoda.

4. What separates Neville's monologue from the others in Section 6?
(a) He is least aware of aging.
(b) He is most aware of aging.
(c) He is least troubled by Percival's death.
(d) He is the most content of any of the characters.

5. Who utters Section 4's final words, "Now Percival is gone"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Neville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?

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

3. Whose Section 6 monologue features a musing on the passing of seasons?

4. What is Susan doing when she begins her major monologue in Section 3?

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

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