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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 feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Friendship
(b) Indifference
(c) Hatred
(d) Being in love

2. What does Mr. Ramsay compare men's minds to?
(a) The months of the year
(b) Numbers up to one hundred
(c) The days of the week
(d) Letters of the alphabet

3. Why does Mr. Tansley feel proud for the first time in his life?
(a) Mr. Ramsay compliments him on his thesis.
(b) He wins a cricket game.
(c) His philosophy book is published.
(d) He is walking to town with Mrs. Ramsay on his arm.

4. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?
(a) Her children will treat her like an old lady.
(b) Her children will not need her anymore.
(c) Her children to have to experience all the pain, suffering, and death involved in living life.
(d) Her children will forget about her, leaving her alone.

5. Why does James hate his father?
(a) For never taking him to the circus
(b) For demanding the attention of his mother, and disrupting the time he is spending with her.
(c) For laughing when James is learning to swim
(d) For ridiculing him when he cuts out pictures

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Ramsay react to being seen reciting poetry by Lily and Mr. Bankes?

2. Why has Mr. Tansley never been to the circus?

3. Who does Mrs. Ramsay think are getting engaged?

4. What does Prue feel about her mother as she sees her standing on the stairs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Summarize the conversation between Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe as they are strolling together.

4. What are the two events that are finished in the final chapter of the book?

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

6. Why is Mr. Ramsay enraged, pacing back and forth on the terrace?

7. What is the state of mind of the family and guests of Mrs. Ramsay as dinner comes to an end?

8. Describe the condition of the summerhouse after its years of neglect.

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

10. How does Mrs. Ramsay view life as a lighthouse keeper?

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