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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the only light come from in the darkness of the house?
(a) A neighbor's lantern
(b) A distant fire
(c) The moon
(d) The Lighthouse

2. What do the Ramsay's want Mrs. McNab to do?
(a) Get the summerhouse ready to be put up for sale.
(b) Get the summerhouse ready for their arrival.
(c) Get the summerhouse ready for the new owners.
(d) Not to take care of the house anymore

3. What is Lily's attitude toward Mr. Ramsay?
(a) She thinks he is handsome and debonair.
(b) She thinks he is brilliant and friendly.
(c) She detests him.
(d) She finds him difficult and unable to praise him.

4. How does Lily see Mr. Ramsay's face?
(a) As old and tired
(b) As wrinkled and haggard
(c) As extraordinary
(d) As younger than his age

5. How does Lily describe Mr. Ramsay as she looks out at the bay?
(a) Looking younger than he is
(b) As a distinguished philosopher
(c) As a very old man
(d) Aging gracefully

6. What consoles Lily from her anguish over Mrs. Ramsay's death?
(a) Mr. Carmichael gives her a hug.
(b) She imagines Mrs. Ramsay in heaven with the angels.
(c) She feels Mrs. Ramsay beside her with flowers in her hair.
(d) She makes progress with her painting.

7. After Mrs. McNab locks the door to the house, how does the author describe it?
(a) Like an empty shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains
(b) Like a relic of another age
(c) Like an abandoned shack in the highlands
(d) Like a prehistoric, dark cave

8. What are the weather conditions for the sail across the bay to the Lighthouse?
(a) It is a sweltering, hot day.
(b) It is a fine day with an occasional breeze.
(c) It is misting and a little rough.
(d) It is cloudy and windy

9. What does James remember as they all sit in the hot sun on the boat?
(a) He remembers his father telling him that it would rain and he wouldn't be able to go to the lighthouse.
(b) He remembers cutting pictures out of a catalogue.
(c) He remembers the arguments his parents used to have.
(d) He remembers his father taking his mother away from him.

10. Who is the only person that goes to the Ramsay's house?
(a) Lily Briscoe
(b) Mrs. McNab
(c) Augustus Carmichael
(d) William Bankes

11. What does Mrs. Ramsay do on the beach while Lily paints and Charles skips stones?
(a) She reads a book Mr. Ramsay gave her.
(b) She sits in silence, resting.
(c) She yells at Charles to keep away from the water.
(d) She puts her feet in the water.

12. As the Ramsay's approach the Lighthouse, the waves break upon the rocks. What does Woolf compare these waves to?
(a) Leaves swirling in the wind
(b) Icicles smashing on the rocks
(c) Smashed glass upon the rocks
(d) Foaming seltzer overflowing on the rocks

13. What does James imagine himself doing to his father as they sit in the boat waiting for the breeze to pick up?
(a) Stabbing his father in the heart
(b) Throwing him overboard
(c) Running over and hugging him
(d) Knocking his book into the water

14. Where does Lily imagine her painting will end up as time passes?
(a) Hung in an attic, or rolled up and tossed under a sofa
(b) In a famous art gallery
(c) Thrown in a trash heap
(d) Handed down to her ancestors

15. What is Lily's description of the Rayleys?
(a) Minta is garish, flamboyant, and careless. Paul is tired and pale.
(b) They are adventurous and full of life.
(c) They are well off with no cares in the world.
(d) They are happily married and full of energy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Macalister tell Mr. Ramsay about James' sailing abilities?

2. Why is Lily crying in anguish as she paints her picture?

3. What does Lily think offended people about Mrs. Ramsay?

4. What is Lily's opinion of the dead?

5. How does James feel about the trip to the Lighthouse?

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