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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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't paint or write.
(c) He says that women can write but not paint.
(d) He says that women can paint but not write.

3. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?
(a) Her children will forget about her, leaving her alone.
(b) Her children to have to experience all the pain, suffering, and death involved in living life.
(c) Her children will treat her like an old lady.
(d) Her children will not need her anymore.

4. What does Mrs. Ramsay do when she sees her husband looking at her?
(a) She calls to him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She insults him.
(d) She frowns at him.

5. Why does James hate his father?
(a) For ridiculing him when he cuts out pictures
(b) For never taking him to the circus
(c) For laughing when James is learning to swim
(d) For demanding the attention of his mother, and disrupting the time he is spending with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Ramsay think about the intelligence of human beings?

2. What does Lily tell William Bankes about Mr. Ramsay?

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

4. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?

5. What is Mr. Ramsay doing on the terrace as Mrs. Ramsay sits inside looking at catalogues?

(see the answer key)

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