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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 should the reader infer that Rhoda is thinking about at the end of her Section 7 monologue?
(a) Suicide/Death.
(b) Bearing children.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Falling in love.

2. Generally, what word best describes the mood of Bernard at the end of section 8, as compared to the beginning?
(a) He has fallen into confusion.
(b) He remains anxious and unsure.
(c) His mood has improved.
(d) He has become more depressed.

3. According to Section 7, what does Jinny resign herself to being in regards to the rest of her life?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Excited.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Unafraid.

4. Who is Section 6's last speaker?
(a) Neville.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Bernard.

5. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?
(a) Neville.
(b) Susan.
(c) Louis.
(d) Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?

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

3. Who does Bernard decide against comforting in Section 5?

4. In Section 7, where is Louis's new house?

5. How does Jinny characterize her social life as it is in Section 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Jinny appears in Section 6.

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

3. In Section 6, we encounter the three character who were omitted from the previous section. Describe their places in life at this point.

4. 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?

5. Characterize Neville's state of mind as he appears at the end of Section 6.

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

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

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

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

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

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