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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sketch of the Past, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Virginia say the sensual experiences in life teach us?
(a) Hints to our future.
(b) Pages of the past.
(c) Secrets of ourselves.
(d) Deeper spiritual truths.

2. What does Virginia say saved Stella from physical grieving?
(a) Her spiritual lightness.
(b) Her affair.
(c) Her honesty.
(d) Her determined attitude.

3. What does Virginia say provides the shocks needed for awareness?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Past memories.
(c) Transcendant experiences.
(d) Traumatic happenings.

4. Who was Virginia writing Reminiscences for?
(a) Her stepfather.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her nephew.

5. What is "A Sketch From the Past" about?
(a) Mortality.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Adulthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Vanessa have an affair with?

2. What was the name of Stella's husband?

3. How old was Virginia when her mother died?

4. Which of these stories was written later in Woolf's career?

5. How did critics generally label Woolf's work?

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