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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bernard characterize his last day at school?
(a) An occasion for tears.
(b) An occasion for laughter.
(c) One final ceremony.
(d) As ambiguous in significance.

2. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Susan.
(d) Miss Lambert.

3. Which of the speakers expresses an appreciation for natural beauty in Section 3?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

4. Who is not permitted to go on the walk?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Neville.
(c) Louis.
(d) Susan.

5. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?
(a) As a lover.
(b) As a girl.
(c) As a fighter.
(d) As a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kissed Louis in the garden?

2. What is Louis's profession when the reader encounters him in Section 3?

3. What do the characters do upon Percival's arrival in Section 4?

4. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?

5. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bernard's announcement of his engagement in Section 4 significant?

2. Describe in your own words the scene at the very beginning of Section 1, and offer an idea of why Woolf would begin this novel in such a way.

3. Describe the differences in Jinny and Rhoda's experience's while at school in Section 2.

4. What is the major event that occurs in Section 4, and why is it significant?

5. Briefly analyze Neville's attitude towards religion.

6. Describe the attitude of the characters towards each other prior to Percival's arrival in Section 4.

7. Why is it relevant that Bernard is the first speaker in Section 4?

8. Describe the fears, or the lack of fears, that the characters articulate in Section 3.

9. Why is Susan so distressed after she saw Jinny kiss Louis?

10. Characterize Bernard's attitude towards Louis as described in Section 3.

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