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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Window Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Ramsay compare men's minds to?
(a) Numbers up to one hundred
(b) Letters of the alphabet
(c) The days of the week
(d) The months of the year

2. What does James imagine doing to his father?
(a) To go to one of his philosophy classes
(b) To grab any weapon and gash a hole in his father's breast
(c) To go to town to the picture show
(d) To go fishing for the afternoon

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel young men regard her?
(a) As a senile lump
(b) As an old, stupid woman
(c) As if she were invisible
(d) With reverence and trust

4. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Friendship
(b) Being in love
(c) Hatred
(d) Indifference

5. Who says that the weather will not be nice enough for the trip?
(a) Mr. Carmichael
(b) Lily Briscoe
(c) Nancy
(d) Mr. Ramsay

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lily react to the rapture that Mr. Bankes feels toward Mrs. Ramsay?

2. What is Lily's opinion about human relationships?

3. Mrs. Ramsay is excited that this character accepted her dinner invitation.

4. What responsibility falls on Mrs. Ramsay's shoulders as she watches her guests remain distant from one another?

5. What are the many places Mr. Bankes has traveled?

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