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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is holding Louis's hand in Section 8?
(a) Neville.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

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

8. What two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?
(a) Aggressiveness and anger.
(b) Indifference and depression.
(c) Contentment and joy.
(d) Anger and resentment.

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

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

11. Where has the sun moved to at the beginning of Section 6?
(a) It is not out at all because it is night.
(b) It is setting.
(c) It is just rising.
(d) It is past the mid-point in the sky.

12. In Section 8, when does Bernard arrive in relation to the other characters?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Last.

13. In Section 7, how does the poem which Louis muses on begin?
(a) "One must have a mind of winter . . ."
(b) "The rain set early in to-night . . ."
(c) "O western wind . . ."
(d) "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan . . ."

14. As the reader encounters him in Section 7, toward whom does Neville express some resentment or jealousy?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

15. In Section 8, what prevents the characters from relaxing around each other?
(a) The absence of Percival.
(b) The time they have spent apart.
(c) The lack of food.
(d) The lack of drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 8, who says, "I have been torn apart"?

2. Which of the characters recognizes themselves as the group's strongest member in Section 5?

3. Where do we find the sun at the beginning of Section 7?

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

5. By the end of Section 6, what can we say for sure about Neville's feelings towards Percival?

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