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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?
(a) Sometimes they clash, but on the whole they get on well.
(b) She doesn't. She doesn't know them.
(c) They are good friends and look out for each other.
(d) She can't stand them because they never paint their shutters.

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

3. What is disturbing Laura?
(a) She's experiencing a dreamlike feeling that she cannot shake.
(b) She is experiencing a strange fear that her pregnancy will go wrong.
(c) She's experiencing an upset stomach and feels embarrassed.
(d) She is experiencing a sudden aversion to her husband and child.

4. What information does Nelly give Virginia?
(a) That she will resign.
(b) That she needs to go up to London.
(c) That she is making shepherd's pie for lunch.
(d) That she is making a lamb pie for lunch.

5. Why did Barbara come to New York?
(a) To escape a disapproving family.
(b) To be near her lover, an opera singer.
(c) To open a florist shop.
(d) To sing opera.

6. What color does not look well on Sally?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

7. What does Laura tell Richie she will do today?
(a) Make Dan the best-ever birthday cake.
(b) Water the garden.
(c) Let Richie help with baking a cake.
(d) Make sure the white roses are looked after.

8. What has appeared in the window-box of the woman next door?
(a) Petunias.
(b) A single gerbera.
(c) A dandelion.
(d) A rose.

9. What annoys Leonard?
(a) Barbara's voice.
(b) Virginia's not finishing her writing.
(c) Ralph's poetry.
(d) The errors he finds on the proof pages.

10. What does Leonard worship above all else?
(a) Accompaniment.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Companionship.

11. What pet-name does Laura have for Richie?
(a) Baby.
(b) Bug.
(c) Wog.
(d) Richo.

12. Who careens past on a bicycle?
(a) Barbara.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Walter.
(d) A Chinese boy.

13. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?
(a) Death.
(b) Her anger towards Nelly.
(c) A character in Mrs Dalloway.
(d) Her headache.

14. What is the problem with the faces of George Washington?
(a) One is missing its nose and the other is eroded.
(b) They have been destroyed by weather.
(c) They have inappropriate expressions.
(d) They don't quite match.

15. What does Leonard intend to do when he goes upstairs?
(a) To have an afternoon nap.
(b) To sit and wait for Virginia.
(c) To read letters.
(d) To listen to the news on the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?

2. How does Clarissa think we ought first to measure people?

3. What color is Laura's gown?

4. Who gives Clarissa the nickname 'Mrs Dalloway'?

5. What material is used for the counter top in Clarissa's kitchen?

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