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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) Writing.
(c) Reading and eating.
(d) Meeting Bernard and Neville.

2. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?
(a) Percival.
(b) Dr. Ramsay.
(c) Dr. Bloom.
(d) Dr. Crane.

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

4. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?
(a) With anger and confusion.
(b) With fear and despair.
(c) By also trying to kiss Louis.
(d) With joy and excitement.

5. Who remarks, "The world is entire, and I am outside of it . . ."?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Neville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?

2. With what is Neville most unhappy as he appears in Section 4?

3. Who professes that Bernard looks composed?

4. Which of the female characters seems most content with her place in life when the reader encounters her in Section 3?

5. Which character opens Section 2's monologues?

Short Essay Questions

1. Characterize how Louis expresses his differences from Neville and Bernard in Section 3.

2. What is significant about the opening description to Section 4?

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

4. Describe the boys' experiences in chapel while at school in Section 2.

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

6. Bernard is clearly becoming the most central of the six characters. Describe his characteristics as he appears in Section 3.

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

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

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

10. Describe the way Section 3's introduction, the italicized vignette, fits in with the rest of Section 3 as a whole.

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