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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. What is Louis doing upon the commencement of his major monologue in Section 3?
(a) Meeting Susan.
(b) Reading and eating.
(c) Meeting Bernard and Neville.
(d) Writing.

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

3. When he is alone, who "is nothing" in Section 4?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Louis.

4. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Going to chapel.
(b) Playing at recess.
(c) Heading to classes.
(d) Walking to lunch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character closes Section 2?

2. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?

3. Who asserts, "One moment does not lead to another" in Section 4?

4. Who provides an elaborate description of bathing at the end of the day?

5. How old is Rhoda in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. Describe how each character is presented in Section 1.

3. Describe how Section 2 is structured.

4. Briefly analyze Neville's attitude towards religion.

5. How does the group act differently when Percival arrives in Section 4?

6. Overall, what should the reader take away as most significant from Section 1?

7. Describe how Neville and Bernard are different as they appear in Section 3.

8. Why does Woolf use a line or two of monologue rather than dialogue to introduce the children in Section 1?

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

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

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