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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James imagine doing to his father?
(a) To go to town to the picture show
(b) To go fishing for the afternoon
(c) To grab any weapon and gash a hole in his father's breast
(d) To go to one of his philosophy classes

2. How does Mr. Bankes refer to the Ramsay children?
(a) With the names of wild animals
(b) With the names of fairy tale characters
(c) With the names of famous artists
(d) With names like the Kings and Queens of England

3. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Indifference
(b) Being in love
(c) Hatred
(d) Friendship

4. Why is Lily thankful that Mr. Ramsay is reciting poetry?
(a) He will not bother to look at her painting.
(b) She is trying to learn poetry herself.
(c) She thinks it makes him look distinguished.
(d) She enjoys the sound of it.

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

6. Is Charles Tansley excited about the conversation the women are having
(a) He loves to listen to the women's silly conversation.
(b) He is amused by the women's bantering.
(c) He thinks the women's conversation is inane and unimportant.
(d) He is outraged at the conversation, leaving the table.

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

8. Why is Mrs. Ramsay annoyed with Mr. Ramsay when he calls the island a "poor little place"?
(a) Because it is a lovely night and he is complaining
(b) Because he is ruining their stroll
(c) Because he is insulting their vacation spot
(d) Because he is so moody

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

10. What does Mr. Bankes think Mr. Tansley feels about the people around the table?
(a) That they have wasted their lives, and are behind the times
(b) That they are all having a wonderful time
(c) That they are all his true friends
(d) That the conversations are engrossing

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

12. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel after giving Mr. Ramsay the sympathy he needs?
(a) Happy and carefree
(b) Flamboyant and flighty
(c) Both physically and mentally exhausted
(d) Needed and fulfilled

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

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

15. 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 says that he can get a puppy.
(c) She says that he might wake up and find the sun shining.
(d) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Tansley tell Lily at one time about women's artistic abilities?

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

3. What is Mr. Ramsay doing on the terrace as Mrs. Ramsay sits inside looking at catalogues?

4. Why does Mr. Ramsay become annoyed with Mrs. Ramsay, thinking he will go off alone?

5. Why does Mrs. Ramsay think it is a good idea for her husband to spend time at the summerhouse?

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