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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. What is the fate of the Ramsay's son, Andrew?
(a) He goes into landscaping.
(b) He gets killed instantly in the war.
(c) He becomes an artist.
(d) He becomes a scholar.

2. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?
(a) She is happy that dinner is finally over.
(b) She thinks what a boring dinner party is was.
(c) Everyone who attended the dinner party is forever bonded together, no matter how much time goes by.
(d) She hopes she can be like Mrs. Ramsay some day.

3. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?
(a) Mr. Ramsay reciting is poetry.
(b) The children pulling up Mrs. Ramsay's flowers
(c) A present James made for his mother.
(d) Mrs. Ramsay crying

4. What does James remember as they all sit in the hot sun on the boat?
(a) He remembers cutting pictures out of a catalogue.
(b) He remembers his father taking his mother away from him.
(c) He remembers his father telling him that it would rain and he wouldn't be able to go to the lighthouse.
(d) He remembers the arguments his parents used to have.

5. Which one of Mr. Ramsay's daughters does he escort down the aisle to be married?
(a) Nancy
(b) Prue
(c) Rose
(d) Cam

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Ramsay react to being seen reciting poetry by Lily and Mr. Bankes?

2. Mrs. Ramsay is excited that this character accepted her dinner invitation.

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

4. What work does George do at the summerhouse?

5. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?

(see the answer key)

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