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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 thing the reader learns in Section 5?
(a) That Percival has died.
(b) That Bernard is divorced.
(c) That Jinny is married.
(d) That Neville has moved.

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

3. What is the best way to characterize the tone of Bernard's first Section 8 monologue?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Uneasy or anxious.
(c) Elated.
(d) Angry.

4. What is the effect of the sun's beams at the beginning of Section 5?
(a) They turn everything they touch white.
(b) They clearly define the objects they touch.
(c) They produce a glare off of everything they touch.
(d) They burn and destroy what they touch.

5. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Section 6's last speaker?

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

3. What are the two dominant images of Section 8's introduction?

4. When Neville hears the significant news in Section 5, to what does he compare it?

5. Who is the first speaker in Section 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Section 6's opening description distinct, and what should the reader expect from the rest of the section?

2. Why does Bernard travel to Rome in Section 7?

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

4. Describe how Susan appears in Section 6.

5. Which image becomes more dominant in Section 8's introductory vignette, and what do you think it signifies?

6. Why doesn't Percival's death have a strong effect on Bernard in Section 5?

7. What is the significance of the way the birds are depicted in Section 7's introduction?

8. What are the characters doing at the beginning of Section 8, and why is that important?

9. The first thing the reader learns in Section 5 is that Percival has died. How did he die, and who does it seem to have the strongest effect on?

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

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