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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 nervous dog
(b) As a queen standing over her subjects, accepting their devotion
(c) As an old crone
(d) As a doting hostess

2. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments
(a) She says that he might wake up and find the sun shining.
(b) She says that she will buy him a new catalogue.
(c) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.
(d) She says that he can get a puppy.

3. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?
(a) He is infatuated with her.
(b) He realizes that he feels nothing for her.
(c) He considers her like his sister.
(d) He finds her seductive

4. How does Mr. Ramsay feel about marriage engagements?
(a) The girl is too good for the young man
(b) The girl will never live up to the young man's standards
(c) Engagements are inane.
(d) The marriage will never last

5. What is the children's opinion of Mr. Tansley?
(a) He would be a good catch for any woman.
(b) He is a miserable, sarcastic brute.
(c) He is bright, handsome, and friendly.
(d) He is athletic and bold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the weather will not be nice enough for the trip?

2. What was the worst moment of Paul's life?

3. Why does Mr. Ramsay become angry with Augustus during dinner?

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay annoyed with Mr. Ramsay when he calls the island a "poor little place"?

5. Why does Mr. Tansley feel proud for the first time in his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Lily wants to wake up Mr. Carmichael and talk to him about all the questions she has of life, death, and even Mrs. Ramsay. Why does she decide against waking him?

3. Summarize Andrew's description of Minta.

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so agitated about Nancy, Andrew, Minta, and Paul being late for supper?

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

6. What does Paul vow to do after Minta loses her grandmother's brooch?

7. How does Lily describe the Ramsay's married life?

8. How does Lily Briscoe envision Mrs. Ramsay after she screams out Mrs. Ramsay's name in grief?

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

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

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