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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Lily see the Ramsay's as a symbol of?
(a) Negativity
(b) Marriage
(c) Friendship
(d) Family life
2. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Indifference
(b) Hatred
(c) Being in love
(d) Friendship
3. What is Mr. Ramsay afraid will happen if Andrew doesn't work harder?
(a) He will become a lazy ne'er do well.
(b) The chance for a scholarship
(c) His zest for live
(d) He will lose his job.
4. What does Mr. Ramsay compare men's minds to?
(a) Numbers up to one hundred
(b) The months of the year
(c) Letters of the alphabet
(d) The days of the week
5. What are the many places Mr. Bankes has traveled?
(a) Rome, France, and Spain
(b) Madrid, Poland, and Iceland
(c) Amsterdam, Madrid, and Rome
(d) America, South America, and Amsterdam
6. Why does Mr. Ramsay become angry with Augustus during dinner?
(a) Augustus spills his wine.
(b) Augustus asks for another bowl of soup.
(c) Augustus chews loudly.
(d) Augustus belches at the table.
7. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel about her husband as she looks at him across the table?
(a) She thinks about his brilliance.
(b) She thinks about what a wonderful father he is.
(c) She thinks about how much she loves him.
(d) She doesn't know how she ever felt any affection for him.
8. How does Mrs. Ramsay determine which necklace to wear to dinner?
(a) She lets Mr. Ramsay choose for her.
(b) She closes her eyes and picks one from the jewelry box.
(c) She lets her children, Jasper and Rose, to choose the necklace.
(d) She holds each necklace against the dress, finding the closest match.
9. Why does Mr. Tansley feel proud for the first time in his life?
(a) His philosophy book is published.
(b) He is walking to town with Mrs. Ramsay on his arm.
(c) He wins a cricket game.
(d) Mr. Ramsay compliments him on his thesis.
10. Where are James and his mother planning to take a trip?
(a) To visit relatives
(b) Into town to buy yarn
(c) To the beach
(d) To the Lighthouse
11. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel after giving Mr. Ramsay the sympathy he needs?
(a) Needed and fulfilled
(b) Happy and carefree
(c) Both physically and mentally exhausted
(d) Flamboyant and flighty
12. What helps Mr. Ramsay forget about the annoyances at dinner?
(a) Playing cricket
(b) Reading Sir Walter Scott
(c) Reciting poetry
(d) Talking to Mrs. Ramsay
13. 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 says that he can get a puppy.
(c) She says that she will buy him a new catalogue.
(d) She promises to bake him his favorite cake.
14. What does Mr. Bankes think Mr. Tansley feels about the people around the table?
(a) That they have wasted their lives, and are behind the times
(b) That they are all his true friends
(c) That the conversations are engrossing
(d) That they are all having a wonderful time
15. What was the worst moment of Paul's life?
(a) Losing his mother and father
(b) Being rejected by a college
(c) Losing his job
(d) Asking Minta to marry him
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mrs. Ramsay feel she can return to her dreamland of twenty years ago in the Manning's drawing room?
2. Why does James hate his father?
3. How does Nancy feel when she sees Paul and Minta kissing?
4. Mrs. Ramsay is excited that this character accepted her dinner invitation.
5. What is the image the author gives of Mrs. Ramsay as she looks at her dinner guests?
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