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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 does Lily tell William Bankes about Mr. Ramsay?
2. What did Mr. Tansley tell Lily at one time about women's artistic abilities?
3. What is the image the author gives of Mrs. Ramsay as she looks at her dinner guests?
4. How does Mr. Ramsay feel about marriage engagements?
5. How does Mrs. Ramsay determine which necklace to wear to dinner?
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. 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?
3. What message does the sea give to Lily Briscoe as she lies down to sleep after returning to the summerhouse?
4. Describe the way Lily feels while she is painting after Mr. Ramsay leaves for the Lighthouse.
5. How does Lily Briscoe interpret William Bankes' feelings for Mrs. Ramsay?
6. Lily Briscoe sees Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay watching Prue and Jasper playing with a ball. What does she think the Ramsays symbolize?
7. What are James' thoughts of his mother as he waits at the tiller for the breeze to fill the sails?
8. Describe the scene as Mr. Bankes, Prue, Andrew, and Lily turn off the lights before going to bed.
9. As spring arrives, does it bring any joy to the summerhouse? Explain
10. How does Mr. Tansley react when Lily Briscoe asks him to take her to the Lighthouse the next day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Analyze James coming of age throughout the novel.
2) What fears and emotions does he experience as he grows in the three parts of the novel?
3) How do his attitudes change as he develops from a young boy into a young man?
4) Cite examples of the character changes James goes through from each of the three parts of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.
2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapter.
3) Describe how Lily's words," It is finished", relate to James, Cam, Mr. Ramsay, Lily, and Mr. Carmichael.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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