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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Virginia, what makes a person technically insane?
(a) They see meaning everywhere.
(b) They attempt teaching Greek to sparrows.
(c) They don't see meaning in anything.
(d) They hear voices.

2. What is important about the imagery of the squirrel's tail?
(a) Its question mark shape links to Laura's musing about death.
(b) It reminds us to look out for squirrels when we are driving.
(c) It's imagery never been used previously in literature.
(d) Its shape makes us question ourselves on environmental issues.

3. What gives Mrs. Latch's garage the look of a miniature house?
(a) The way the door has two little red windows in it.
(b) The way the door has a cantilevered front extension, like a storm porch.
(c) The way the door has a green-shuttered window in it.
(d) The size and shape of it compared to the main house.

4. What causes Laura's unexpressed desperation?
(a) Her realization that Richie will grow up to be gay.
(b) Her sorrows are ordinary and she knows it.
(c) She feels trapped forever in an ordinary life.
(d) He belief that she will never live like Mrs. Dalloway.

5. What is Nelly preparing for supper?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Boiled beef.
(c) Beef with burgundy.
(d) Beef Wellington.

6. What is implied about Richmond station's yellow wooden benches?
(a) They are attractive.
(b) They are hard.
(c) They are comfortable.
(d) They are necessary and appreciated by travelers.

7. Why can't Laura take the sleeping pills?
(a) She feels guilty.
(b) They are too strong.
(c) They are past use-by date.
(d) She is pregnant.

8. Where does Clarissa find Richard?
(a) Perched on the edge of the balcony.
(b) In his usual chair.
(c) Perched on the window sill.
(d) In the bath.

9. How many times will Clarissa Dalloway have kissed a woman?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) On many occasions.
(d) Never.

10. What do both Clarissa and Louis notice about each other?
(a) That each is well-preserved for their age.
(b) That each is nervous for Richard.
(c) That each has has plastic surgery.
(d) The extent of their aging in five years.

11. What is disturbing about Virginia kissing Vanessa?
(a) It is done behind Leonard's back.
(b) It is done behind Nelly's back.
(c) It is not quite innocent.
(d) It happens on the train to London.

12. What does Richie sense he and his father might have in common?
(a) The need to be strong and withstand Laura's pressures.
(b) A love of the arts.
(c) The need for emotional stability in their lives, as embodied by Laura.
(d) Restlessness and a feeling of dislocation.

13. Which character does Julia describe as strange?
(a) Richard.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) Louis.
(d) Mary.

14. What does Richard call death?
(a) 'The scary monster'.
(b) 'The green silence'.
(c) 'The black evil'.
(d) ''The black silence'.

15. Where will Laura put her robe?
(a) Over a chair.
(b) On the end of the bed.
(c) On a hook behind the door.
(d) In the wardrobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Virginia describe Vanessa's hand?

2. What does Clarissa imagine her roses appear to be, according to Mary's view of the world?

3. What drove Clarissa to part from Richard over thirty years ago?

4. What does Richard's empty chair reveal?

5. What is Louis' profession?

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