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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 will not need her anymore.
(c) Her children to have to experience all the pain, suffering, and death involved in living life.
(d) Her children will treat her like an old lady.

2. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?
(a) Going for a walk on the beach
(b) Reciting his poetry
(c) He has his wife, children, and his career teaching young men philosophy.
(d) His books and his lectures

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

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

5. How does Lily react to the rapture that Mr. Bankes feels toward Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) She is surprised and disgusted
(b) She feels betrayed.
(c) She is grateful as his rapture dissipates the burdens of life.
(d) She is insulted that he looks at Mrs. Ramsay and not her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mr. Tansley feel proud for the first time in his life?

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

5. Why is Mr. Ramsay angry with his wife, cursing her?

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