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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point in Section 6, Jinny says she is being "flung up, and flung down, like . . ." what?
(a) A ball being played with.
(b) A ragdoll.
(c) A ship in the sea.
(d) The waves.

2. Who is most deeply affected by the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Louis.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

3. What about her life is Jinny bemoaning when she begins her monologue in Section 7?
(a) That she has grown fat.
(b) That she has aged.
(c) That she cannot bear children.
(d) That she cannot find a husband.

4. In Section 7, where is Louis's new house?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Surrey.
(c) London.
(d) Leeds.

5. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?
(a) That Percival has died.
(b) That Neville has moved.
(c) That Bernard is divorced.
(d) That Jinny is married.

6. Who notices the hand-holding between two characters in Section 8?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

7. In Section 8, who contends that the characters have "destroyed something by our presence"?
(a) Louis.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

8. What significant fact do we learn about Susan's life in Section 6?
(a) That she is dying.
(b) That she has a baby.
(c) That she is in love with Louis.
(d) That she had an affair with Percival.

9. In the beginning of Section 5, what state does Woolf describe the sun as being in?
(a) Nearly its brightest.
(b) Its most uncompromising.
(c) Its dullest.
(d) Its most merciful.

10. How old is Jinny when the reader encounters her in Section 6?
(a) "Not yet thirty."
(b) "Past thirty."
(c) "Nearly thirty-five."
(d) "Just forty."

11. On what street is Rhoda walking when the reader encounters her in Section 5?
(a) Oxford Street.
(b) Hampton Court.
(c) Comstock Hill.
(d) Strawberry Hill.

12. In Section 5, Neville struggles to accomplish what simple act?
(a) Getting out of bed.
(b) Bathing.
(c) Climbing stairs.
(d) Getting dressed.

13. What significant fact do we learn about Louis's love-life in the course of his major Section 7 monologue?
(a) He and Rhoda are married.
(b) He has struck up an affair with Jinny.
(c) He is a homosexual.
(d) Rhoda has left him.

14. What should the reader infer that Rhoda is thinking about at the end of her Section 7 monologue?
(a) Bearing children.
(b) Falling in love.
(c) Suicide/Death.
(d) Marriage.

15. What are the characters doing as their monologues progress in Section 8?
(a) Walking together through the streets.
(b) Going to Percival's grave.
(c) They are still in the restaurant, eating.
(d) Riding to Elvedon together.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 8, when does Bernard arrive in relation to the other characters?

2. What does Neville conclude at the end of his Section 6 monologue?

3. In Section 8, who oddly compares herself to a dog?

4. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?

5. Which speaker follows Susan in Section 7?

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