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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Section 6's last speaker?
(a) Neville.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Bernard.

2. Who does Bernard decide against comforting in Section 5?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Susan.
(c) Louis.
(d) Neville.

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

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

5. Who has the first monologue of this Section 6?
(a) Louis.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Susan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?
(a) As a mediator.
(b) As spiritual.
(c) As didactic.
(d) As a conductor.

14. 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 had an affair with Percival.
(d) That she is dying.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?

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

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

5. At one point in Section 6, Jinny says she is being "flung up, and flung down, like . . ." what?

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