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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Minta terrified that they will not find the brooch?
(a) The tide is coming in
(b) There are too many stones to look through
(c) The sand is blowing everywhere
(d) They can't remember everywhere they have been

2. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?
(a) He is infatuated with her.
(b) He considers her like his sister.
(c) He finds her seductive
(d) He realizes that he feels nothing for her.

3. Why is Mr. Ramsay angry with his wife, cursing her?
(a) For giving James false hope about going on the trip to the Lighthouse
(b) She laughed at his poetry recitation.
(c) She dropped his book in the water at the beach.
(d) She burned dinner.

4. Why has Mr. Tansley never been to the circus?
(a) His father believed circus people were evil.
(b) He comes from a family with nine siblings and his father was a working man.
(c) He thinks they are for imbeciles.
(d) He is afraid of large crowds.

5. Who are the first guests to arrive at the Ramsay's house?
(a) Mr. Tansley and Prue
(b) Andrew and James
(c) Lily Briscoe and Mr. Carmichael
(d) Minta and Paul

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Nancy want to go on the walk with Paul and Minta?

2. What is the comment Andrew makes about women while they are looking for the brooch?

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel about her husband as she looks at him across the table?

4. What does Mrs. Ramsay do on the beach while Lily paints and Charles skips stones?

5. How does Prue's pregnancy progress?

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