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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. What is the comment Andrew makes about women while they are looking for the brooch?
(a) Women have no control over their emotions
(b) Women are more patient than men
(c) Women are useless in a crisis
(d) Women are too sentimental

2. What is Lily's opinion of Mr. Ramsay?
(a) She thinks he is a caring husband and father.
(b) She thinks he is athletic for his age.
(c) She thinks he is a great philosopher.
(d) She thinks he is a spoiled tyrant who is selfish and self-centered.

3. Why is Nancy brooding?
(a) She is angry with her mother.
(b) She reduced her body, her life, and all the people in the world into nothingness.
(c) She is angry that Paul is with Minta.
(d) She is upset that Andrew left her alone.

4. What do Paul, Minta, Andrew, and Nancy do, once they reach the beach?
(a) They go for a swim.
(b) They splash each other.
(c) They watch children building sand castles.
(d) They separate, going their own way.

5. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?
(a) Sunny and warm
(b) Cloudy, but calm
(c) It is stormy, windy, and rainy.
(d) Cold and dry

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Ramsay concerned when the sound of the children playing and the men talking suddenly stops?

2. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?

3. What is happening to the summerhouse while the Ramsay's are away?

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

5. Why is Minta terrified that they will not find the brooch?

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