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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 James ask his mother when she tucks him into bed?
(a) He asks her to tell him a story.
(b) He asks if Mr. Ramsay is angry with him
(c) He asks if she will get him a new catalogue.
(d) He asks if they will go to the Lighthouse the next day

2. Why is Mrs. Ramsay annoyed with Mr. Ramsay when he calls the island a "poor little place"?
(a) Because he is so moody
(b) Because it is a lovely night and he is complaining
(c) Because he is ruining their stroll
(d) Because he is insulting their vacation spot

3. Why does Mrs. Ramsay feel she can return to her dreamland of twenty years ago in the Manning's drawing room?
(a) Because Lily got a conversation going with Mr. Tansley
(b) Because she is sick of her guests
(c) Because dinner is over
(d) Because no one is paying attention to her

4. Why is Mr. Tansley insulted when Lily asks him to take her to the Lighthouse?
(a) She knows he gets seasick.
(b) She knows he is afraid of the water.
(c) He knows that she asked Andrew first.
(d) He knows she doesn't really want to go with him.

5. What does Mr. Ramsay think about the intelligence of human beings?
(a) Humans are born with innate intelligence.
(b) Humans are ignorant, aware of nothing while the ocean eats away the land around us.
(c) Humans are able to understand and learn anything if they try.
(d) Humans are brilliant, aware or all that happens around them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Ramsay feel about marriage engagements?

2. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?

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

4. What does Mr. Bankes call Mr. Ramsay?

5. What does Mr. Ramsay say he will do if Mr. Tansley marries Prue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William Bankes think about as he looks at the far sand hills while walking with Lily Biscoe?

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

3. Although Mrs. Ramsay describes the summerhouse they are renting as shabby, what does she like about being there?

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. Describe the Ramsay's summerhouse now that Mrs. Ramsay has died.

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

7. What message does the sea give to Lily Briscoe as she lies down to sleep after returning to the summerhouse?

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

9. What are James' and Cam's emotions as they sail to the Lighthouse with their father?

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

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