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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 Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?
(a) He breaks her favorite necklace.
(b) He insults her cooking.
(c) He tells James that he cannot go to the Lighthouse.
(d) He slaps James.

2. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel young men regard her?
(a) As if she were invisible
(b) As an old, stupid woman
(c) With reverence and trust
(d) As a senile lump

3. 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.

4. What is Lily Briscoe doing on the edge of the lawn?
(a) Playing cricket with the children
(b) Having a picnic with the children
(c) Painting a picture of Mrs. Ramsay and James
(d) Waving to a neighbor passing by

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Ramsay compare men's minds to?

2. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?

3. What is Mrs. Ramsay's opinion on human relationships?

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

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

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