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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?
(a) Her hands look arthritic.
(b) She is no longer beautiful.
(c) Her hair is quickly going white.
(d) She seems too happy.

2. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?
(a) He has won a major literary prize but he'll need all the money to pay off debts.
(b) He has the money to buy a new apartment but mightn't live to get to move into it.
(c) It has come just when he is no longer interested in fame.
(d) He has won a major literary prize, but his health is in serious decline.

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

4. Who gives Clarissa the nickname 'Mrs Dalloway'?
(a) Richard
(b) Dennis
(c) Virginia
(d) Sally

5. Literally, what does the word 'porcine' mean?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Fat.
(c) Like a pig.
(d) Like a porcupine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?

2. What does the word 'ubiquitous' tell us about the Jack Russell terriers.

3. What species of bird is mentioned as this chapter draws to a close?

4. What does Virginia put in the pocket of her cardigan?

5. What is it that Clarissa suddenly doesn't have any more?

(see the answer key)

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