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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. What returns to Mr. Bankes as he begins to eat dinner?
(a) His longing to be at home
(b) His disgust with Mr. Tansley
(c) His love and reverence for Mrs. Ramsay.
(d) His annoyance with everyone at the table

2. What helps Mr. Ramsay forget about the annoyances at dinner?
(a) Talking to Mrs. Ramsay
(b) Playing cricket
(c) Reciting poetry
(d) Reading Sir Walter Scott

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments
(a) She says that she will buy him a new catalogue.
(b) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.
(c) She says that he might wake up and find the sun shining.
(d) She says that he can get a puppy.

4. What is the only thing Mr. Tansley has to count on?
(a) His relationship with Prue
(b) His father's money
(c) Writing his dissertation
(d) The Ramsay's friendship

5. What do the gulls, flowers, trees, and the earth itself seem to be saying on a summer evening at the Ramsay's house?
(a) Sadness is everywhere
(b) Evil is rampant in the world
(c) Life is painful
(d) Good triumphs, happiness prevails, and order rules

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Ramsay thinks as he watches his wife reading?

2. Why does Mr. Ramsay get angry and bang out of the room?

3. What is it that Mr. Ramsay wants Mrs. Ramsay to say to him, but she is unable to?

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

5. How does Lily feel about the sympathy that Mrs. Ramsay gives Mr. Ramsay?

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