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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 significant fact do we learn about Louis's love-life in the course of his major Section 7 monologue?

2. What time is it when Bernard begins his last monologue of Section 8?

3. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?

4. What is the effect of the sun's beams at the beginning of Section 5?

5. Where are the characters gathering in Section 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe how Susan appears in Section 6.

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

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

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

10. Describe how Jinny appears in Section 6.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Using ample textual evidence, agree or disagree with the statement that Woolf succeeds in authentically depicting the individual's quest for understanding of both self and the world around him or her. Develop an argument supported by 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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