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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Ramsay think Mr. Ramsay is different from other people?
(a) He worries about the flower garden constantly.
(b) He is too worried about everyday matters.
(c) He seems oblivious to ordinary things of life, but lives as if in a dream.
(d) He is obsessed with insignificant events.

2. As Mrs. Ramsay strolls with Mr. Ramsay, who does she think should marry?
(a) Mr. Carmichael and Mrs. McNab
(b) Andrew and Prue
(c) Lily Briscoe and William Bankes
(d) Nancy and Paul

3. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?
(a) He thinks she is odd and clumsy.
(b) He thinks she is orderly, alone, poor, and has good sense.
(c) He thinks she is flamboyant and rowdy.
(d) He thinks she is aloof and moody.

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?
(a) He tells James that he cannot go to the Lighthouse.
(b) He breaks her favorite necklace.
(c) He insults her cooking.
(d) He slaps James.

5. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?
(a) A present James made for his mother.
(b) The children pulling up Mrs. Ramsay's flowers
(c) Mrs. Ramsay crying
(d) Mr. Ramsay reciting is poetry.

6. Why does Mr. Tansley feel proud for the first time in his life?
(a) Mr. Ramsay compliments him on his thesis.
(b) His philosophy book is published.
(c) He is walking to town with Mrs. Ramsay on his arm.
(d) He wins a cricket game.

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

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

9. What does Mr. Ramsay tell James as Mrs. Ramsay is measuring his foot for the stockings?
(a) They can go to the beach instead of the Lighthouse.
(b) There is a chance that the weather will be clear for the trip to the Lighthouse.
(c) There is no chance that they will be able to go to the Lighthouse.
(d) They will take a tip to town.

10. Why does Mrs. Ramsay like Lily Briscoe?
(a) She is kind to the children
(b) She has an independent spirit.
(c) She reminds her of when she was a girl.
(d) She will be a famous artist someday.

11. How does Mr. Ramsay react to being seen reciting poetry by Lily and Mr. Bankes?
(a) He is furious.
(b) He is happy someone heard his recitation
(c) He doesn't care.
(d) He wants to recite more to them.

12. As Mrs. Ramsay sits at the head of the dinner table, what is she contemplating?
(a) She thinks about leaving her husband.
(b) She wonders why dinner is late.
(c) She wonders what she has accomplished, feeling her life is over.
(d) She wonders what will become of her children.

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

14. What does Paul decide to do when they cannot find the brooch?
(a) He decides to get up at dawn and look for it and buy a new one if he can't find it.
(b) He decides it is time to forget about the brooch.
(c) He decides to forget about women.
(d) He decides to tell Minta that she is being too emotional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nancy feel when she sees Paul and Minta kissing?

2. Is Charles Tansley excited about the conversation the women are having

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

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

5. What do Paul, Minta, Andrew, and Nancy do, once they reach the beach?

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