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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 contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?
(a) She thinks what a boring dinner party is was.
(b) She is happy that dinner is finally over.
(c) She hopes she can be like Mrs. Ramsay some day.
(d) Everyone who attended the dinner party is forever bonded together, no matter how much time goes by.

2. What did Mr. Tansley tell Lily at one time about women's artistic abilities?
(a) He says that women can write but not paint.
(b) He says that women can paint but not write.
(c) He says that women can't paint or write.
(d) He says that women are very creative.

3. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Being in love
(b) Hatred
(c) Indifference
(d) Friendship

4. Why is Nancy brooding?
(a) She is angry that Paul is with Minta.
(b) She reduced her body, her life, and all the people in the world into nothingness.
(c) She is angry with her mother.
(d) She is upset that Andrew left her alone.

5. Why can't the sleep once dinner is over?
(a) They are still excited over dinner.
(b) Mr. Ramsay hung a stuffed animal with large horns on the bedroom wall.
(c) They are over tired.
(d) They took a nap in the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel after giving Mr. Ramsay the sympathy he needs?

2. What are the many places Mr. Bankes has traveled?

3. What returns to Mr. Bankes as he begins to eat dinner?

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?

5. What is Andrew's opinion of Minta?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lily Briscoe justify being a single woman?

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

3. Describe the outcome of the marriage between Minta and Paul as Lily depicts it.

4. What is Mr. Carmichael's opinion of Lily when she refuses to give Mr. Ramsay the sympathy he is looking for?

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

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

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

8. Why does Mr. Ramsay interrupt James and his wife as they read a book?

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

10. 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?

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