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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was very different and controversial about Strachey?
(a) He was homosexual.
(b) He was the son of a beggar.
(c) He was an ex-convict.
(d) He had a venereal disease.

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

3. 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.

4. Who died after this memoir was written?
(a) Stella.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Vanessa.

5. What style were the people in the Memoir Club supposed to write in?
(a) Frank and honest.
(b) Wholesome.
(c) Descriptive.
(d) Imaginative.

6. What was Lytton Strachey's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Historian.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Researcher.

7. How did most Victorian males think?
(a) Imaginatively.
(b) Conservatively.
(c) Liberally.
(d) Forward thinking.

8. How did Virginia see her memories?
(a) As stories.
(b) As secrets.
(c) As scenes.
(d) As pictures.

9. What was Clive Bell's occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Artist.
(c) Editor.
(d) Actor.

10. When did Virginia belong to the Memoir Club?
(a) In the 1910's.
(b) In the 1900's.
(c) In the 1930's.
(d) In the 1920's.

11. What colors were the house at Hyde Park decorated in?
(a) Yellow and pink.
(b) White and blue.
(c) Brown and green.
(d) Black and red.

12. What turned off a lot of Stella's suitors?
(a) Her odd bond with her stepfather.
(b) Her sadness about her mother's death.
(c) Her sense of duty to her family.
(d) Her quietness.

13. What did Virginia think was her god-given purpose?
(a) To elevate man.
(b) To find her soulmate.
(c) To write her feelings.
(d) To help her family.

14. Who worked the hardest to console Leslie after Julia's death?
(a) Vanessa.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Stella.
(d) Virginia.

15. What season did the Stephen's visit the vacation home?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When listing the main attributes in the house of men, which one pertained to Leslie?

2. How had Stella been treated by her mother before her death?

3. What kind of events did Virginia and Vanessa host?

4. What did Stella try to give her family after Julia's death?

5. When listing the main attributes in the house of men, which one pertained to Adrian?

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