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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Time Passes Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Bankes refer to the Ramsay children?
(a) With names like the Kings and Queens of England
(b) With the names of famous artists
(c) With the names of fairy tale characters
(d) With the names of wild animals

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

3. Why doesn't Nancy want to go on the walk with Paul and Minta?
(a) Nancy doesn't know what Minta wants from her.
(b) Nancy doesn't want to dirty her new shoes.
(c) Minta is always teasing her.
(d) Nancy doesn't like the way Paul treats her.

4. What is it in human beings that nature looks upon complacently?
(a) Human family life
(b) Human's striving for success
(c) Human relationships
(d) Human misery, meanness, and his torture

5. What is the image the author gives of Mrs. Ramsay as she looks at her dinner guests?
(a) As a queen standing over her subjects, accepting their devotion
(b) As a nervous dog
(c) As a doting hostess
(d) As an old crone

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gulls, flowers, trees, and the earth itself seem to be saying on a summer evening at the Ramsay's house?

2. How does Nancy feel when she sees Paul and Minta kissing?

3. What is the fate of the Ramsay's son, Andrew?

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

5. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?

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