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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 kind of insect does Woolf describe in the elaborate simile at the beginning of Section 7?
(a) An ant.
(b) A dragonfly.
(c) A beetle.
(d) A moth.

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

3. At one point in Section 6, Jinny says she is being "flung up, and flung down, like . . ." what?
(a) The waves.
(b) A ragdoll.
(c) A ball being played with.
(d) A ship in the sea.

4. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Write.
(c) Talk.
(d) Read.

5. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Susan.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should the reader infer that Rhoda is thinking about at the end of her Section 7 monologue?

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

3. Who is Section 6's last speaker?

4. In Section 8, who says, "I have been torn apart"?

5. In Section 5, Neville struggles to accomplish what simple act?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bernard's role change in Section 8, and what evidence do you have to support that?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe how the characters feel during the dinner they share in Section 8.

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

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

9. Describe how Louis appears in Section 6.

10. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

(see the answer keys)

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