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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?
(a) Laura Brown.
(b) Clarissa Dalloway.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Clarissa Vaughan.

2. How does Virginia see herself?
(a) As a great writer.
(b) As merely a gifted eccentric.
(c) As a privileged wife.
(d) As a closet lesbian.

3. Who dozes on a slatted bench?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Leonard.
(c) An old woman in a red jacket.
(d) An old woman in a shawl.

4. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?
(a) Semantic.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Metalanguage.

5. Why is she 'allowed' to be self-indulgent at the moment?
(a) She has just finished a diet.
(b) Her husband has just confirmed how much he loves her.
(c) She is hoping she is pregnant.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season of the year does this part of the story take place?

2. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?

3. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?

4. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?

5. What color is Laura's gown?

(see the answer key)

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