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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 is the image the author gives of Mrs. Ramsay as she looks at her dinner guests?
(a) As a doting hostess
(b) As a queen standing over her subjects, accepting their devotion
(c) As a nervous dog
(d) As an old crone

2. What was the worst moment of Paul's life?
(a) Being rejected by a college
(b) Losing his job
(c) Asking Minta to marry him
(d) Losing his mother and father

3. What is the thing Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe see that they are not supposed to?
(a) Mrs. Ramsay crying
(b) Mr. Ramsay reciting is poetry.
(c) The children pulling up Mrs. Ramsay's flowers
(d) A present James made for his mother.

4. Why does Mr. Ramsay become annoyed with Mrs. Ramsay, thinking he will go off alone?
(a) She won't share her thoughts with him
(b) She doesn't want Andrew to go to college.
(c) All she talks about are flowers.
(d) She keeps talking about going to the Lighthouse.

5. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction as he sees his wife sitting in sadness?
(a) He is hurt by his wife's distance, feeling that he can't speak to her.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He thinks she is looking for attention.
(d) He feels she is overreacting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What helps Mr. Ramsay forget about the annoyances at dinner?

3. What is Lily's opinion about human relationships?

4. What does James ask his mother when she tucks him into bed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lily Briscoe justify being a single woman?

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. What does James remember while he sits in the stillness of the boat on the way to the Lighthouse?

4. What does Mr. Ramsay want his wife to say to him when he finishes reading and she finishes her knitting? How does she react to what he wants?

5. Mrs. Ramsay tucks James into bed and he asks about going to the Lighthouse. What is Mrs. Ramsay's response and what is she thinking as she answers James?

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

7. What is James' reaction when his father praises his sailing abilities?

8. What are Prue's feelings for her mother, as she sees Mrs. Ramsay at the top of the stairs?

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

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