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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the effect of the sun's beams at the beginning of Section 5?
(a) They clearly define the objects they touch.
(b) They turn everything they touch white.
(c) They burn and destroy what they touch.
(d) They produce a glare off of everything they touch.

6. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Neville.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

7. Who "gape[s] like a young bird, unsatisfied, for something that has escaped me" in Section 8?
(a) Louis.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

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

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

10. How does Jinny characterize her social life as it is in Section 6?
(a) Constant and vibrant.
(b) Constant, but boring.
(c) Altogether absent.
(d) No longer important to her.

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

12. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?
(a) Jinny's house.
(b) Susan's home.
(c) Louis' office.
(d) Neville's flat.

13. What are the two dominant images of Section 8's introduction?
(a) The sun sinking as the waves become the dominant image.
(b) Both the waves and the sun are sinking in power.
(c) The nighttime sky and the calm waters.
(d) The waves receding as the sun burns brighter.

14. Where do we learn Bernard travels to in Section 7?
(a) Venice.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Rome.
(d) Indian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the reader encounters him in Section 7, toward whom does Neville express some resentment or jealousy?

2. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?

3. What are the characters doing as their monologues progress in Section 8?

4. On what street is Rhoda walking when the reader encounters her in Section 5?

5. What is the dominant feature of the monologues during the middle of Section 8?

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