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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of insect does Woolf describe in the elaborate simile at the beginning of Section 7?
(a) An ant.
(b) A beetle.
(c) A dragonfly.
(d) A moth.

2. Whose Section 6 monologue features a musing on the passing of seasons?
(a) Louis's.
(b) Neville's.
(c) Susan's.
(d) Bernard's.

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

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

5. In Section 8, who oddly compares herself to a dog?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Susan.

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

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

8. By the end of Section 6, what can we say for sure about Neville's feelings towards Percival?
(a) That he hated Percival.
(b) That he was in love with Percival.
(c) That Percival confused him.
(d) That he felt Percival unduely held a position of high-regard.

9. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Susan.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Louis.

10. What is the dominant feature of the monologues during the middle of Section 8?
(a) Bernard speaks alone.
(b) Only Susan and Neville speak.
(c) There is constant interplay.
(d) Only Rhoda and Percival speak.

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

12. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?
(a) She speaks in iambic pentameter.
(b) She does not mention the children she has.
(c) She does not mention any of the other characters.
(d) She speaks solely about herself and Percival.

13. Where are the characters gathering in Section 8?
(a) A cafe in London.
(b) Neville's home in Liverpool.
(c) A restaurant in Hampton Court.
(d) Louis' home in Surrey.

14. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?
(a) Neville.
(b) Louis.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

15. What is Susan doing when she begins her Section 7 monologue?
(a) Alone in her room at Elvedon.
(b) Playing with her daughters.
(c) Speaking with Bernard.
(d) Walking with her son in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of historical figures does Louis compare himself in Section 6?

2. In Section 8, who contends that the characters have "destroyed something by our presence"?

3. Who does Bernard decide against comforting in Section 5?

4. What phrase does Susan use to describe her position in life as it is in Section 7?

5. What do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?

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