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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Ramsay want Lily to get married?
(a) To have someone to support her
(b) Because single women miss what life has to offer
(c) So she can have a family
(d) So she won't be lonely

2. What does Lily tell William Bankes about Mr. Ramsay?
(a) Mr. Ramsay is afraid of the dark.
(b) Mr. Ramsay likes to swim in the dark.
(c) Mr. Ramsay cries at night while in bed.
(d) Mr. Ramsay frightens her because of his mood swings.

3. Why can't the sleep once dinner is over?
(a) They took a nap in the afternoon.
(b) They are still excited over dinner.
(c) Mr. Ramsay hung a stuffed animal with large horns on the bedroom wall.
(d) They are over tired.

4. What did Mr. Tansley tell Lily at one time about women's artistic abilities?
(a) He says that women are very creative.
(b) He says that women can write but not paint.
(c) He says that women can't paint or write.
(d) He says that women can paint but not write.

5. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?
(a) That she ever offered to bring him there in the first place
(b) That they hadn't gone before
(c) That she raises his hopes for the trip
(d) That she ever told Mr. Ramsay they were going

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?

2. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction as he sees his wife sitting in sadness?

3. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?

4. What does Lily discover about the meaning of life?

5. What does Mr. Bankes call Mr. Ramsay?

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