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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Andrew's opinion of Minta?
2. What is Lily's opinion about human relationships?
3. Why can't the sleep once dinner is over?
4. What does Mr. Ramsay compare men's minds to?
5. Why does Mr. Ramsay become angry with Augustus during dinner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the state of mind of the family and guests of Mrs. Ramsay as dinner comes to an end?
2. How does Mrs. McNabb manage to get the house in order after she receives word that the Ramsay's are coming for the summer?
3. Why is Lily surprised by the tears streaming down her face as she reminisces while painting?
4. Why is Mr. Ramsay enraged, pacing back and forth on the terrace?
5. What does William Bankes think about as he looks at the far sand hills while walking with Lily Biscoe?
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 does Lily contemplate about the dead as she thinks about what she would have told Mrs. Ramsay about the Rayley's relationship?
8. Describe the scene as Mr. Bankes, Prue, Andrew, and Lily turn off the lights before going to bed.
9. How does Mrs. Ramsay view life as a lighthouse keeper?
10. Describe the condition of the summerhouse after its years of neglect.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Interpret the feelings Paul and Minta have for each other in the first part of the novel when they are at the beach.
2) Are their emotions authentic?
3) Are they truthful with each other?
4) Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, after they are married. What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?
5) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
1) Write an introduction to the novel discussing Virginia Woolf's writing style, use of dialogue, stream of consciousness, imagery, and point of view of the characters.
2) How do these literary elements affect the story?
Essay Topic 3
Part II begins during a storm with the lighthouse's glow touching parts of the abandoned house.
1) How does Woolf use images of darkness, violent storms, and the shabbiness of the house to convey the tone of this part of the novel?
2) How does the condition of the house and the weather compare to the lives of the Ramsay family during Part II of the novel?
3) Justify the answers with examples from the novel.
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