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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 James imagine doing to his father?
2. What is the only thing Mr. Tansley has to count on?
3. How does Mrs. Ramsay quiet the children down, so they can sleep?
4. What returns to Mr. Bankes as he begins to eat dinner?
5. How is Mr. Bankes enjoying the dinner party?
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. 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. Why doesn't Mrs. Ramsay allow her daughters to mock the atheist, Mr. Tansley?
4. Why does James consider taking a knife and stabbing his father through the heart?
5. What does Mr. Ramsay ponder is his fate as he looks out at the bay beneath the edge of the lawn?
6. Summarize Andrew's description of Minta.
7. How does Mrs. Ramsay view life as a lighthouse keeper?
8. Why is Mr. Ramsay enraged, pacing back and forth on the terrace?
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. Describe the outcome of the marriage between Minta and Paul as Lily depicts it.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, Mr. Tansley and Mr. Ramsay reveal their views toward women.
1) Summarize the attitudes these men display toward women. Cite examples from the story.
2) How do their attitudes toward women affect the way other characters in the novel react toward them?
Essay Topic 2
1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.
2) Choose three events from the story which cause Mr. Ramsay's life to undergo a change.
3) How does he react to the events and their effects?
4) How does he grow emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward his children because of these changes?
Essay Topic 3
1) Discuss the inner thoughts of the characters attending the dinner prepared by Mrs. Ramsay.
2) Explain how Woolf uses stream of consciousness to give the reader a better understanding of the characters.
3) How do the characters' conversations differ from the inner thoughts revealed through stream of consciousness?
4) Give examples of the thoughts of each guest.
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