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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only person who was able to bring happiness back into the family after Julia's death?
(a) Jack.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Stella.
(d) Leslie.

2. What were the people in the Memoir Club supposed to write about?
(a) Famous people.
(b) Their ancestors.
(c) Their hopes for their futures.
(d) Their pasts.

3. When was the vacation house sold?
(a) After Virginia's engagement.
(b) After Stella's marriage.
(c) After Stella's death.
(d) After Julia's death.

4. What color did the family wear after Julia's death?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

5. How did Stella almost ruin her relationship with Jack?
(a) She turned down his first proposal.
(b) She courted two men at once.
(c) She proposed to him.
(d) She stood him up for a number of occasions.

6. What happened to Thoby after Stella's death, according to Virginia?
(a) He became a man.
(b) He became devoted to his family.
(c) He lost his humor.
(d) He lost his way.

7. What made the house at Bloomsbury less crowded?
(a) Fewer family members lived there.
(b) Doctors and nurses didn't come as often.
(c) The rooms were bigger.
(d) The visitors were less common.

8. What made Thoby very proud in his life?
(a) His education.
(b) His writings.
(c) His father.
(d) His siblings.

9. What was symbolic to Virginia after Stella's death?
(a) A dead gull.
(b) A leafless tree.
(c) A calm sea.
(d) A barren woman.

10. What was distracting Virginia from her god-given purpose?
(a) Her love of novels.
(b) Her social outings.
(c) Her lack of work ethic.
(d) Her fights with George.

11. Who was hesitant to purchase the vacation house?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Stella.
(c) Julia.
(d) Thoby.

12. Where did Virginia see windows that lifted the gloom for a moment after her mother's death?
(a) Westminster College.
(b) Paddington Station.
(c) Northanger Abbey.
(d) St. Andrew's Chapel.

13. How old was Thoby when he died?
(a) 28.
(b) 32.
(c) 26.
(d) 30.

14. Who asked Virginia to try and end the affair between Vanessa and Jack?
(a) George.
(b) Thoby.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Gerald.

15. What color were George and Gerald's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worked the hardest to console Leslie after Julia's death?

2. How did Thoby feel about his siblings?

3. What was very different and controversial about Strachey?

4. What did George see as a sign of personal value?

5. What was Clive Bell's occupation?

(see the answer keys)

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