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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. By the end of Section 6, what can we say for sure about Neville's feelings towards Percival?
2. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?
3. How does Jinny characterize her social life as it is in Section 6?
4. Which of the characters begins Section 8?
5. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how Louis appears in Section 6.
2. What is the significance of the way the birds are depicted in Section 7's introduction?
3. Why doesn't Percival's death have a strong effect on Bernard in Section 5?
4. What is significant about how Rhoda appears in Section 7?
5. 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?
6. What is different about Susan in Section 7?
7. Characterize the way Bernard appears in Section 5.
8. What do the characters do after they leave the restaurant in Section 8, and what happens then?
9. How does Bernard's role change in Section 8, and what evidence do you have to support that?
10. Describe how Jinny appears in Section 6.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate the novel's final image. It is an appropriate one? What is the significance of both the waves as they appear in these vignettes, and as a title? Are there other instances of waves appearing in this novel, rather than in their literal form? There are many instances where a character's interior monologue describes something as being wave-like. Does the novel structurally parallel waves?
Essay Topic 2
Based on your familiarity and knowledge of the Modernist movement, how is this text the typical Modernist novel? What of its features are "Modernist?" What topics does it tackle that make it "Modernist?"
Essay Topic 3
In a detailed essay, outline the role Rhoda plays in the group. Is she a kind of tragic hero? What is the source or her paralysis and misanthropy? Fully describe this character using ample textual evidence.
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