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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 the first speaker musing on at the beginning of Section 3?
(a) Whether there is an afterlife.
(b) The form of waves.
(c) Classical poets.
(d) The nature of identity.

2. What are the children doing as the novel begins?
(a) Saying grace before dinner.
(b) Going to bed.
(c) Playing in the garden.
(d) Waking up.

3. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?
(a) Mrs. Constable.
(b) Mis Curry.
(c) Miss Hudson.
(d) Biddy.

4. Who hears "something stamping"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Louis.
(d) Rhoda.

5. Why have the characters gathered in Section 4?
(a) A farewell dinner for Louis.
(b) A farewell dinner for himself.
(c) A farewell dinner for Percival.
(d) A farewell dinner for Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who remarks, "The world is entire, and I am outside of it . . ."?

2. Who tells Rhoda in Section 1 that someone has arrived to pick her up?

3. Who did Bernard seek to comfort during Section 1?

4. In Section 2, Miss Lambert sits under a picture of whom?

5. What is Bernard doing at the beginning of Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about displaying the children in school in the novel's first section?

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

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

5. Describe how Section 2 is structured.

6. 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.

7. Which of the characters appears most at ease in Section 3, and why?

8. Which of the boys seems to have the strongest attachment to Percival? Please provide some evidence in your answer.

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

10. When the characters change locations in the text, it is not always noticeable. Identify why this is and the effect on the reader.

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