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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Generally, what word best describes the mood of Bernard at the end of section 8, as compared to the beginning?
(a) His mood has improved.
(b) He remains anxious and unsure.
(c) He has become more depressed.
(d) He has fallen into confusion.

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

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

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

5. What two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?
(a) Indifference and depression.
(b) Contentment and joy.
(c) Anger and resentment.
(d) Aggressiveness and anger.

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

7. In Section 5, who does Rhoda refer to as "a snob"?
(a) Percival.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

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

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

10. Who is most deeply affected by the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Louis.

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

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

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

14. What about her life is Jinny bemoaning when she begins her monologue in Section 7?
(a) That she cannot find a husband.
(b) That she cannot bear children.
(c) That she has grown fat.
(d) That she has aged.

15. What do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?
(a) That he is having an affair with Rhoda.
(b) That he and Neville have begun an affair.
(c) That he is having an affair with Jinny.
(d) That he has moved in with Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who notices the hand-holding between two characters in Section 8?

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

3. How old is Jinny when the reader encounters her in Section 6?

4. What kind of insect does Woolf describe in the elaborate simile at the beginning of Section 7?

5. In Section 8, what happens between Rhoda and Louis?

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