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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 Mr. Ramsay afraid will happen if Andrew doesn't work harder?
(a) He will become a lazy ne'er do well.
(b) His zest for live
(c) He will lose his job.
(d) The chance for a scholarship

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 he can get a puppy.
(c) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.
(d) She says that she will buy him a new catalogue.

3. What does Mr. Ramsay say he will do if Mr. Tansley marries Prue?
(a) He will have a celebration.
(b) He will disown her.
(c) He will give her away.
(d) He will wish her the best.

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

5. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?
(a) He has his wife, children, and his career teaching young men philosophy.
(b) His books and his lectures
(c) Reciting his poetry
(d) Going for a walk on the beach

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the children's opinion of Mr. Tansley?

2. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?

3. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?

4. What is Mrs. Ramsay's opinion on human relationships?

5. What kind of lives do Prue, Nancy, and Rose want to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily Briscoe decide to do as she stares at the tablecloth with its leaf pattern she recognizes from years ago?

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

3. 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?

4. Why doesn't Mrs. Ramsay allow her daughters to mock the atheist, Mr. Tansley?

5. Why does Mr. Ramsay become so angry with his wife when she is measuring James' leg for the stockings she is knitting?

6. 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?

7. What are James' thoughts of his mother as he waits at the tiller for the breeze to fill the sails?

8. What does Mr. Tansley do to predict the weather for the outing to the lighthouse?

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

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

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