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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is William Bankes' assessment of Lily Briscoe?
(a) He thinks she is flamboyant and rowdy.
(b) He thinks she is aloof and moody.
(c) He thinks she is orderly, alone, poor, and has good sense.
(d) He thinks she is odd and clumsy.

2. What does Prue feel about her mother as she sees her standing on the stairs?
(a) Prue feels she is lucky to have her mother and she will never grow up, and never leave home.
(b) She is annoyed with her mother's overbearing nature.
(c) She wishes she did not have a mother.
(d) She thinks her mother looks old.

3. 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 having a wonderful time
(c) That they are all his true friends
(d) That the conversations are engrossing

4. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel about her husband as she looks at him across the table?
(a) She thinks about how much she loves him.
(b) She thinks about what a wonderful father he is.
(c) She doesn't know how she ever felt any affection for him.
(d) She thinks about his brilliance.

5. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?
(a) That she ever told Mr. Ramsay they were going
(b) That she raises his hopes for the trip
(c) That they hadn't gone before
(d) That she ever offered to bring him there in the first place

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Ramsay think about the intelligence of human beings?

3. How does Mr. Ramsay react to being seen reciting poetry by Lily and Mr. Bankes?

4. Why does Mrs. Ramsay like Lily Briscoe?

5. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so annoyed with Mr. Tansley, thinking him hateful?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are James' and Cam's emotions as they sail to the Lighthouse with their father?

2. How does Lily Briscoe envision Mrs. Ramsay after she screams out Mrs. Ramsay's name in grief?

3. Why does Lily Briscoe become annoyed with Cam and James when they are finally ready to go to the Lighthouse?

4. Describe the scene as Mr. Bankes, Prue, Andrew, and Lily turn off the lights before going to bed.

5. Summarize Andrew's description of Minta.

6. What does Lily contemplate about the dead as she thinks about what she would have told Mrs. Ramsay about the Rayley's relationship?

7. Lily Briscoe sees Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay watching Prue and Jasper playing with a ball. What does she think the Ramsays symbolize?

8. How does Mrs. McNabb manage to get the house in order after she receives word that the Ramsay's are coming for the summer?

9. Summarize what Mrs. Ramsay is feeling as she sits at the head of the table, ladling soup to her family and friends.

10. Describe why Mrs. Ramsay does not want her children to grow up.

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