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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the first guests to arrive at the Ramsay's house?
(a) Andrew and James
(b) Mr. Tansley and Prue
(c) Lily Briscoe and Mr. Carmichael
(d) Minta and Paul

2. What does Mr. Ramsay think about the intelligence of human beings?
(a) Humans are born with innate intelligence.
(b) Humans are ignorant, aware of nothing while the ocean eats away the land around us.
(c) Humans are able to understand and learn anything if they try.
(d) Humans are brilliant, aware or all that happens around them.

3. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?
(a) Family life
(b) Marriage
(c) Friendship
(d) Negativity

4. What is the condition of the house in the heat of the summer?
(a) The sun adds warmth to the cheery rooms.
(b) The heat is warping the roof.
(c) Flies weave webs in the sunny rooms, weeds grow near the glass
(d) The summer sun is shining on the porch.

5. What does Lily think offended people about Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) Her superior demeanor
(b) Her callousness and selfishness
(c) Her constant refusal to help her husband
(d) Her beauty and her giving in to her husbands whims

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lily feeling as she sits drinking coffee on her first morning back at the Ramsay's?

2. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel about her husband as she looks at him across the table?

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments

4. As the Ramsay's approach the Lighthouse, the waves break upon the rocks. What does Woolf compare these waves to?

5. Why can't Lily paint after she sets up her easel?

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