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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing Virginia truly perceives?
(a) A red-jacketed man fishing under a cloudy sky.
(b) A blue sky and sparrows.
(c) That Vanessa will be a comfort to Leonard.
(d) A man standing on a bridge and looking at her.

2. In her suicide note, what impression does Virginia give of her marriage?
(a) That it was too confronting.
(b) That it could never have worked.
(c) That it was happy and loving.
(d) That it was a sham.

3. What does Virginia put in the pocket of her cardigan?
(a) Two suicide notes.
(b) Money.
(c) A handful of pebbles and small rocks.
(d) A large stone.

4. What is the maid's response to Leonard's alarm?
(a) She panics and starts to cry.
(b) She panics and runs to the kitchen.
(c) She goes to the phone to call the police.
(d) She turns her head away and conceals a smile of triumph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clarissa take the stairs?

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

3. Where is Leonard when Virginia goes to talk to him?

4. How many words has Virginia written in this session?

5. What is the woman under the arch doing?

(see the answer key)

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