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

2. What is the comment Andrew makes about women while they are looking for the brooch?
(a) Women are useless in a crisis
(b) Women are more patient than men
(c) Women are too sentimental
(d) Women have no control over their emotions

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel young men regard her?
(a) With reverence and trust
(b) As if she were invisible
(c) As an old, stupid woman
(d) As a senile lump

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

5. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so worried about the way her son, Jasper, passes the time?
(a) Because he shoots birds
(b) Because he teases his sisters
(c) Because he likes to dance
(d) Because he hides in his room

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does William Bankes see Mrs. Ramsay as child-like?

3. What does Lily tell William Bankes about Mr. Ramsay?

4. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?

5. What does Mrs. Ramsay do when she sees her husband looking at her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Ramsay think he cannot talk to his wife as she sits in the chair knitting after James goes to bed?

2. Describe the way Lily feels while she is painting after Mr. Ramsay leaves for the Lighthouse.

3. What does Mr. Ramsay ponder is his fate as he looks out at the bay beneath the edge of the lawn?

4. Lily Briscoe sees Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay watching Prue and Jasper playing with a ball. What does she think the Ramsays symbolize?

5. Why does James consider taking a knife and stabbing his father through the heart?

6. What does Mrs. Ramsay find odd about her husband as they walk arm in arm?

7. What is the description Mrs. Ramsay gives of Lily Briscoe?

8. Why is Lily surprised by the tears streaming down her face as she reminisces while painting?

9. How does Mrs. McNabb manage to get the house in order after she receives word that the Ramsay's are coming for the summer?

10. 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?

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