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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Section 5, what state does Woolf describe the sun as being in?
(a) Its most uncompromising.
(b) Its most merciful.
(c) Nearly its brightest.
(d) Its dullest.

2. What are the children doing as the novel begins?
(a) Waking up.
(b) Playing in the garden.
(c) Saying grace before dinner.
(d) Going to bed.

3. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?
(a) An historian.
(b) A poet.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A lover.

4. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?
(a) As a conductor.
(b) As didactic.
(c) As spiritual.
(d) As a mediator.

5. Who has the first monologue of this Section 6?
(a) Louis.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?

2. Who is the first character to speak?

3. Who professes that Bernard looks composed?

4. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?

5. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?

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