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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nancy feel when she sees Paul and Minta kissing?
(a) She doesn't care what they do.
(b) She is angry and indignant.
(c) She is happy for them.
(d) It bolsters her spirits.

2. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?
(a) Her children will treat her like an old lady.
(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 forget about her, leaving her alone.

3. What is Mrs. Ramsay bringing to the Lighthouse for the keeper's ailing son?
(a) A winter coat
(b) Gloves
(c) Knitted hat
(d) Knitted stockings

4. What is Lily's opinion about human relationships?
(a) People never really know one another in relationships, especially men and women.
(b) People can get to know one another with some effort.
(c) People understand each other for the most part.
(d) Men and women know each other completely.

5. What is the children's opinion of Mr. Tansley?
(a) He is a miserable, sarcastic brute.
(b) He is athletic and bold.
(c) He is bright, handsome, and friendly.
(d) He would be a good catch for any woman.

6. What does Lily see in Mr. Bankes' face as he watches Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) Disgust
(b) Desire
(c) Ridicule
(d) Rapture

7. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?
(a) He realizes that he feels nothing for her.
(b) He is infatuated with her.
(c) He considers her like his sister.
(d) He finds her seductive

8. What does Mrs. Ramsay think she could have managed better in her 50 years?
(a) Her inheritance
(b) Her ledger book
(c) Her husband, money, her husband's books
(d) Her children

9. Who does Mrs. Ramsay think are getting engaged?
(a) Minta Doyle and Paul Rayley
(b) Minta and Andrew
(c) Lily and Paul
(d) Lily and Mr. Bankes

10. Why does Mrs. Ramsay think it is a good idea for her husband to spend time at the summerhouse?
(a) To get away from his lectures and academia
(b) To get some fresh air and sunshine
(c) To swim and sail with the children
(d) To finish writing his new book

11. How does Mrs. Ramsay clean her mind from all the odds of the day after dinner is over?
(a) She reads
(b) She sings to the children
(c) She works in her garden
(d) She watches Lily paint

12. What is Lily's view of Mr. Bankes?
(a) She sees him as a self-centered old man.
(b) She sees him as a generous, heroic man
(c) She sees him as a lonely, old man.
(d) She sees him as a moody widower.

13. Who is the only person Lily doesn't mind looking at her painting?
(a) William Bankes
(b) Mr. Ramsay
(c) James
(d) Mrs. Ramsay

14. What is Mr. Ramsay doing on the terrace as Mrs. Ramsay sits inside looking at catalogues?
(a) He is repairing loose stones on the terrace.
(b) He is planting flowers for Mrs. Ramsay.
(c) He is reading his book.
(d) He is marching up and down reciting poetry.

15. What is the image the author gives of Mrs. Ramsay as she looks at her dinner guests?
(a) As an old crone
(b) As a nervous dog
(c) As a queen standing over her subjects, accepting their devotion
(d) As a doting hostess

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What responsibility falls on Mrs. Ramsay's shoulders as she watches her guests remain distant from one another?

3. What is James' favorite hobby?

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

5. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?

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