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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?
(a) Sunny and warm
(b) It is stormy, windy, and rainy.
(c) Cold and dry
(d) Cloudy, but calm

2. How does Mr. Ramsay look at Lily?
(a) With contempt
(b) With longing
(c) With disgust
(d) As if seeing her for the first time

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

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

5. What is the vow that James and Cam make to each other?
(a) To give sympathy to their father
(b) To be kind to their father
(c) To make it an enjoyable trip
(d) To fight tyranny

6. James looks at his father, seeing him as tired and old. What does he compare his father to?
(a) The empty shell of an ancient tortoise
(b) An old dog lying in the sun
(c) A dead, leafless oak tree
(d) An old stone lying on the sand

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

8. How does Lily see the blank canvas before her?
(a) She sees the canvas as if it were rebuking her with a cold stare.
(b) She sees it as an impossible task.
(c) She sees it as a blank slate to paint her emotions.
(d) She sees it as a friend.

9. What helps Mr. Ramsay get his mind off his sorrow?
(a) Walking on the beach
(b) Playing cricket
(c) Talking about his boots
(d) Looking at Lily's painting

10. What is Mr. Ramsay's opinion of how women think?
(a) He believes women are more focused than men.
(b) He believes women are deep thinkers.
(c) He believes women are more intelligent than men.
(d) He believes women are vague, unable to dwell on any one thought.

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

12. Who does Lily see sitting in the chair, knitting a stocking?
(a) Mrs. McNab
(b) Mrs. Ramsay
(c) Nancy
(d) Minta

13. How does Prue's pregnancy progress?
(a) Prue stays in bed but delivery goes well.
(b) Prue has morning sickness for nine months.
(c) Prue dies from complications.
(d) Prue is healthy and happy for the nine months.

14. Why is Lily surprised that when she looks at her painting, she cannot see it?
(a) She suddenly loses vision in both eyes.
(b) She didn't realize that her hat had fallen over her eyes.
(c) A swarm of gnats fly in her eyes.
(d) She realizes that she is crying, but didn't think she felt anything for Mrs. Ramsay.

15. What does Lily complete at the end of the story?
(a) Her painting of the Lighthouse
(b) Her painting of Mrs. Ramsay and James
(c) Her painting of Mr. Carmichael
(d) Her self-portrait

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Lily paint after she sets up her easel?

2. What is Lily feeling as she sits drinking coffee on her first morning back at the Ramsay's?

3. What is the atmosphere around the house as Mrs. McNab's work at the summerhouse is finished?

4. Why does Mrs. McNab pick a bunch of flowers from the Ramsay's garden?

5. What does Lily want to do as the children come out of the house to go sailing to the Lighthouse?

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