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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. What is the devil Virginia refers to?
(a) The man with the satchell.
(b) Her madness.
(c) Her writer's block.
(d) Nelly.

2. With what profession is Nelly's calm compared?
(a) With that of an undertaker.
(b) With that of a test pilot.
(c) With that of a patient nanny.
(d) With that of an executioner.

3. What does London mean to Virginia?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Fear.
(d) Crowds and complications.

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

5. How has Laura set the table?
(a) With a serviceable oilcloth.
(b) With a starched white cloth.
(c) With a set of white place-mats.
(d) With a batik cloth she bought in Bali.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has made Richard feel wonderful?

2. What does Laura remember being sold in novelty shops?

3. What is little Richie's response to his mother's return?

4. What makes Virginia shudder?

5. What is disturbing about Virginia kissing Vanessa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Over what matters concerning Julia does Clarissa worry?

2. Why has Virginia's attitude changed?

3. What does Virginia see as a kind of devil?

4. Why does Laura delay joining her husband in bed as his birthday draws to an end?

5. What do the two women exchange as Laura prepares to return home?

6. What does Louis think of Clarissa?

7. Why does Walter want to buy his young partner a present?

8. What is Sally's reaction to Walter's present-buying?

9. What makes Virginia, at this point, begin to reconsider killing off her character, Mrs. Dalloway?

10. What is unusual about Louis' visit?

(see the answer keys)

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