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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lily's opinion of the dead?
(a) She thinks the dead can grant her wishes.
(b) She pities the dead because they can be ignored, and are at the living's mercy.
(c) She feels the dead are better off than the living.
(d) She fears the dead in the middle of the night.

2. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?
(a) That she ever told Mr. Ramsay they were going
(b) That they hadn't gone before
(c) That she raises his hopes for the trip
(d) That she ever offered to bring him there in the first place

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

4. How does Lily feel about the sympathy that Mrs. Ramsay gives Mr. Ramsay?
(a) She admires Mrs. Ramsay for giving him what he needs.
(b) She agrees with giving him sympathy.
(c) She wishes she could be like Mrs. Ramsay.
(d) Mrs. Ramsay gives in to his needs too easily.

5. How does Lily see the blank canvas before her?
(a) She sees the canvas as if it were rebuking her with a cold stare.
(b) She sees it as a blank slate to paint her emotions.
(c) She sees it as an impossible task.
(d) She sees it as a friend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Lily want to see the paintings of the great artists?

3. What helps Mr. Ramsay forget about the annoyances at dinner?

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

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

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