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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Ramsay want Lily to get married?
(a) To have someone to support her
(b) Because single women miss what life has to offer
(c) So she won't be lonely
(d) So she can have a family

2. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments
(a) She says that he might wake up and find the sun shining.
(b) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.
(c) She says that she will buy him a new catalogue.
(d) She says that he can get a puppy.

3. Mrs. Ramsay is excited that this character accepted her dinner invitation.
(a) Mr. Tansley
(b) Lily Briscoe
(c) Minta and Paul
(d) William Bankes

4. How does Mr. Ramsay look at Lily?
(a) As if seeing her for the first time
(b) With disgust
(c) With contempt
(d) With longing

5. What messages breathed from sea to shore at the ramsay's house?
(a) Messages of sorrow
(b) Messages of excitement
(c) Messages of foreboding
(d) Messages of peace

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Bankes feel about Mrs. Ramsay as the talk at the dinner table?

2. Why is Mr. Tansley insulted when Lily asks him to take her to the Lighthouse?

3. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?

4. What is James' favorite hobby?

5. What is Lily's opinion of Mr. Ramsay?

(see the answer key)

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