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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. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?
(a) Neville's flat.
(b) Louis' office.
(c) Jinny's house.
(d) Susan's home.

2. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?
(a) His wedding.
(b) The birth of his first child.
(c) The death of his father.
(d) Jinny's engagement.

3. What are the characters doing as their monologues progress in Section 8?
(a) They are still in the restaurant, eating.
(b) Riding to Elvedon together.
(c) Going to Percival's grave.
(d) Walking together through the streets.

4. In Section 7, how does the poem which Louis muses on begin?
(a) "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan . . ."
(b) "One must have a mind of winter . . ."
(c) "The rain set early in to-night . . ."
(d) "O western wind . . ."

5. In Section 5, Neville struggles to accomplish what simple act?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Climbing stairs.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Getting out of bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of insect does Woolf describe in the elaborate simile at the beginning of Section 7?

2. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?

3. In the beginning of Section 5, what state does Woolf describe the sun as being in?

4. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"

5. What do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in particular separates Section 7 from the prior two sections, and why is that significant?

2. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

3. Describe how Louis appears in Section 6.

4. Describe how Susan appears in Section 6.

5. What is significant about how Rhoda appears in Section 7?

6. What is most notable about Section 5's opening description and why?

7. Describe the way Louis is characterized in Section 7.

8. Elaborate on what Rhoda identifies as the problems the characters have faced in their lives in Section 8.

9. What do the characters do after they leave the restaurant in Section 8, and what happens then?

10. How does the structure of Section 5 parallel the development of the characters?

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