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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?
2. What does Bernard acknowledge about his and the other boys' first night at school?
3. What effect does Percival's presence have on the characters when he arrives in Section 4?
4. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?
5. In Section 4, how would you characterize the characters' attitude towards each other?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the way Section 2 is introduced?
2. Why is Bernard's announcement of his engagement in Section 4 significant?
3. Describe how each character is presented in Section 1.
4. Describe how Neville and Bernard are different as they appear in Section 3.
5. How are Jinny and Rhoda characterized in Section 3?
6. What is significant about displaying the children in school in the novel's first section?
7. Which of the boys seems to have the strongest attachment to Percival? Please provide some evidence in your answer.
8. Describe in your own words the scene at the very beginning of Section 1, and offer an idea of why Woolf would begin this novel in such a way.
9. Why is Susan so distressed after she saw Jinny kiss Louis?
10. As the characters appear in Section 2, do you feel that they are becoming more or less self-aware? Briefly explain your answer with relevant examples from the text.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Jinny kisses Louis, only Susan is privy to the event, and this event should have only affected these three characters. But the loss of innocence pervades the whole novel. Write an essay which examines the theme of the loss of innocence, beginning with an analysis of "The Kiss" and its effect on the group.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay which compares and contrasts any two of the sections' introductory vignettes. Pick one vignette which is typical of the whole novel, and one which is atypical (there are two in particular). What separates these vignettes? Include as many reasons as you can think of as to why Woolf would change her method at such a point in the text.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the characters of Louis and Bernard, who seem to constantly sway between admiration and jealousy toward each other. Why do they pursue such separate life paths? What leads them to their major decisions? How do they find themselves at the novel's conclusion? What makes them arguably the two most similar characters in the text?
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