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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 it that Mr. Ramsay wants Mrs. Ramsay to say to him, but she is unable to?
(a) You are brilliant.
(b) I adore you.
(c) I love you.
(d) You are a good husband.

2. Why does William Bankes see Mrs. Ramsay as child-like?
(a) Because she has an innocent smile
(b) Because she isn't aware of her beauty, wanting to be insignificant
(c) Because she loves sweets
(d) Because she enjoys swimming with the children

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

4. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel after giving Mr. Ramsay the sympathy he needs?
(a) Happy and carefree
(b) Both physically and mentally exhausted
(c) Needed and fulfilled
(d) Flamboyant and flighty

5. What does Prue feel about her mother as she sees her standing on the stairs?
(a) She wishes she did not have a mother.
(b) She thinks her mother looks old.
(c) Prue feels she is lucky to have her mother and she will never grow up, and never leave home.
(d) She is annoyed with her mother's overbearing nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Ramsay feel she can return to her dreamland of twenty years ago in the Manning's drawing room?

2. How does Nancy feel when she sees Paul and Minta kissing?

3. Is Charles Tansley excited about the conversation the women are having

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so worried about the way her son, Jasper, passes the time?

5. What is Mr. Ramsay doing on the terrace as Mrs. Ramsay sits inside looking at catalogues?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the message in the note that Mrs. McNabb receives?

4. How does Lily Briscoe interpret William Bankes' feelings for Mrs. Ramsay?

5. Describe why Mrs. Ramsay does not want her children to grow up.

6. What are James' thoughts about his father when Mr. Ramsay predicts that the weather will not be good enough for the trip to the lighthouse?

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

8. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction when Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe go through the opening in the hedge to find Ramsay loudly reciting poetry?

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

10. As spring arrives, does it bring any joy to the summerhouse? Explain

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