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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How early are Vanessa and the children for their expected visit?

2. What pet-name does Laura have for Richie?

3. Her memories of 'taking the Host' show us what about Laura?

4. What is the last thing Virginia truly perceives?

5. In what way does Laura think she is similar to Virginia Woolf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Comment on the style of the Prologue to The Hours by Michael Cunningham.

2. What is significant about Vanessa's visit to Hogarth House?

3. Account for Virginia's idea that death means freedom.

4. What does Virginia Woolf value about youth?

5. How does Laura attempt to achieve perfection?

6. How pervasive are the voices Virginia hears?

7. What is notable about Richard's good fortune?

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

9. What impression of Leonard Woolf is given in this chapter?

10. What does Willie Bass think of Clarissa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can knowledge of the context in which literature was composed deepen a reader's appreciation of the text? In your answer, refer closely to The Hours by Michael Cunningham, but you might expand your response by including reference to an additional text.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one major character from the novel The Hours and explore the way in which conflict is important to that character's development.

Essay Topic 3

Writing has been said to hold a mirror to life. What do you see of life in The Hours and how is this vision significant?

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