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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?
(a) The death of his father.
(b) The birth of his first child.
(c) Jinny's engagement.
(d) His wedding.

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

4. In Section 8, who says, "I have been torn apart"?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Jinny.

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

6. 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.

7. Which of the characters recognizes themselves as the group's strongest member in Section 5?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Louis.
(c) Susan.
(d) Neville.

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

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

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

11. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Waves.
(c) Seasons.
(d) Time,

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

13. For how long does Bernard stay where he travels in Section 7?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Twenty days.

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

15. In Section 8, what happens between Rhoda and Louis?
(a) They do not speak to each other.
(b) They agree to get married.
(c) They talk and rectify their past differences.
(d) They fight in private.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the sun moved to at the beginning of Section 6?

2. What does Rhoda offer to Percival in Section 5?

3. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?

4. In Section 7, where is Louis's new house?

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

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