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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?
(a) Everyone who attended the dinner party is forever bonded together, no matter how much time goes by.
(b) She hopes she can be like Mrs. Ramsay some day.
(c) She thinks what a boring dinner party is was.
(d) She is happy that dinner is finally over.

2. What is the only thing Mr. Tansley has to count on?
(a) His relationship with Prue
(b) His father's money
(c) The Ramsay's friendship
(d) Writing his dissertation

3. What does Mrs. Ramsay do when she sees her husband looking at her?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She frowns at him.
(c) She insults him.
(d) She calls to him.

4. How does Lily react to the rapture that Mr. Bankes feels toward Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) She is grateful as his rapture dissipates the burdens of life.
(b) She is surprised and disgusted
(c) She feels betrayed.
(d) She is insulted that he looks at Mrs. Ramsay and not her.

5. Why can't the sleep once dinner is over?
(a) They took a nap in the afternoon.
(b) Mr. Ramsay hung a stuffed animal with large horns on the bedroom wall.
(c) They are over tired.
(d) They are still excited over dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?

2. What is Mrs. Ramsay bringing to the Lighthouse for the keeper's ailing son?

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments

4. What does Mr. Ramsay think about the intelligence of human beings?

5. Why is Minta terrified that they will not find the brooch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction when Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe go through the opening in the hedge to find Ramsay loudly reciting poetry?

2. Cam resists her father's attempt at making her smile. What does she remember about her father as she tries to remain true to the pact she makes with James to resist Mr. Ramsay?

3. Describe nature's impact on the summerhouse as it remains empty after the deaths of Mrs. Ramsay, Prue, and Andrew.

4. What are James' thoughts about his father when Mr. Ramsay predicts that the weather will not be good enough for the trip to the lighthouse?

5. What does Mrs. Ramsay compare herself to when she begins dinner without asking Nancy, Andrew, Minta, and Paul why they are late?

6. Describe the scene as Mr. Bankes, Prue, Andrew, and Lily turn off the lights before going to bed.

7. As Lily paints, she thinks of a time on the beach with Charles Tansley many years before. Mrs. Ramsay was sitting near them, writing letters, and watching. How does Lily believe Mrs. Ramsay affected the way she and Charles acted toward each other?

8. What is the message in the note that Mrs. McNabb receives?

9. Explain the comparison Lily Biscoe makes between Mr. Ramsay and William Bankes.

10. As spring arrives, does it bring any joy to the summerhouse? Explain

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