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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. Why is Mr. Ramsay angry with his wife, cursing her?
(a) She dropped his book in the water at the beach.
(b) She burned dinner.
(c) She laughed at his poetry recitation.
(d) For giving James false hope about going on the trip to the Lighthouse

2. What does Mr. Bankes call Mr. Ramsay?
(a) A terrible father
(b) An abusive husband
(c) A hypocrite
(d) A brilliant philosopher

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

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay concerned when the sound of the children playing and the men talking suddenly stops?
(a) The silence makes her think of the destruction of the island and the years slipping away from her.
(b) She feels more comfortable with the noise of children playing.
(c) She is afraid of being left alone.
(d) She fears one of the children might be hurt.

5. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?
(a) That she raises his hopes for the trip
(b) That she ever offered to bring him there in the first place
(c) That they hadn't gone before
(d) That she ever told Mr. Ramsay they were going

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are James and his mother planning to take a trip?

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

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay quiet the children down, so they can sleep?

4. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mr. Ramsay think he cannot talk to his wife as she sits in the chair knitting after James goes to bed?

5. What does James remember while he sits in the stillness of the boat on the way to the Lighthouse?

6. Summarize what Mrs. Ramsay is feeling as she sits at the head of the table, ladling soup to her family and friends.

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

8. Summarize the description Mrs. Ramsay gives of her husband's self-esteem?

9. What does Lily contemplate about the dead as she thinks about what she would have told Mrs. Ramsay about the Rayley's relationship?

10. What does Mr. Ramsay say to try and please his wife while they are walking on the grounds of the summerhouse?

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