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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Richard burn incense?
(a) He finds the fragrance helps his poetry.
(b) To cover smells of garlic in the kitchen.
(c) To cover the smells of his illness.
(d) As part of a religious ritual.

2. What species of bird is mentioned as this chapter draws to a close?
(a) Nightjars.
(b) Herons.
(c) Rooks.
(d) Robins.

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

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

5. How does Laura imagine the birthday cake?
(a) Equal to anything in the shops.
(b) As better than anything in a magazine.
(c) As good as anything in a magazine.
(d) Better than she could by downtown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has appeared in the window-box of the woman next door?

2. Where is Clarissa when Willie Bass sees her?

3. What language did Virginia hear sparrows using?

4. Where does Virginia's body finally come to rest?

5. What worrying symptoms does she think about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Virginia not engage more with Nelly over the matter of the day's menu?

2. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

3. What is unusual about the headache Virginia suffers?

4. How does Laura attempt to achieve perfection?

5. For what reasons has Virginia Woolf decided to end her life?

6. When Dan returned from the war, why was he given special acclaim?

7. How does Laura plan to compensate for her neglect of Dan and Richie at breakfast?

8. What fascinates Laura about Virginia Woolf's death?

9. What is Richie's attitude toward his mother?

10. What is significant about the utterance of the word 'hurl'?

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