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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. 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.

2. Who says, "Now let us issue from the darkness of solitude" at one point in Section 4?
(a) Percival.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Louis.

3. Who is primarily focused on appearances early in Section 2?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Louis.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

4. What is the name of the cook at school?
(a) Miss Hudson.
(b) Miss Lambert.
(c) Miss Curry.
(d) Biddy.

5. Who says, "I am one person--myself"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernard describe during his first line of monologue?

2. Who witnessed the kiss in the garden through a chink in the hedge in Section 1?

3. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?

4. How would you characterize Neville's attitude as he waits for the others to arrive in Section 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly analyze Neville's attitude towards religion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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