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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do we find the sun at the beginning of Section 7?
(a) "Lower in the sky."
(b) "Lowest in the sky."
(c) "High in the sky."
(d) "Low in the sky."

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

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

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

5. According to Section 7, what does Jinny resign herself to being in regards to the rest of her life?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Unafraid.
(d) Excited.

6. What is the best way to characterize the tone of Bernard's first Section 8 monologue?
(a) Uneasy or anxious.
(b) Elated.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Angry.

7. Which of the characters begins Section 8?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Susan.
(d) Louis.

8. Who is the next speaker in Section 7?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

9. When Neville hears the significant news in Section 5, to what does he compare it?
(a) The loss of a family member.
(b) The kiss between Jinny and Louis.
(c) Waking from a dream.
(d) The end of his life.

10. Who is the first speaker in Section 7?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

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

12. To what kind of historical figures does Louis compare himself in Section 6?
(a) Romantic poets.
(b) Members of parliament.
(c) Classical philosophers.
(d) Roman consuls.

13. What does Rhoda offer to Percival in Section 5?
(a) Begonias.
(b) Violets.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daisies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Generally, what word best describes the mood of Bernard at the end of section 8, as compared to the beginning?

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

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

4. What time is it when Bernard begins his last monologue of Section 8?

5. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?

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