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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 did Mr. Tansley tell Lily at one time about women's artistic abilities?
(a) He says that women are very creative.
(b) He says that women can write but not paint.
(c) He says that women can paint but not write.
(d) He says that women can't paint or write.

2. What does Mr. Ramsay say he will do if Mr. Tansley marries Prue?
(a) He will give her away.
(b) He will wish her the best.
(c) He will have a celebration.
(d) He will disown her.

3. What is Mrs. Ramsay bringing to the Lighthouse for the keeper's ailing son?
(a) A winter coat
(b) Knitted hat
(c) Gloves
(d) Knitted stockings

4. What is it that Mr. Ramsay wants Mrs. Ramsay to say to him, but she is unable to?
(a) You are brilliant.
(b) You are a good husband.
(c) I adore you.
(d) I love you.

5. What is Mr. Ramsay thinks as he watches his wife reading?
(a) He thinks she is a good mother.
(b) He thinks she could be a philosopher.
(c) He thinks she does not understand a word she is reading.
(d) He thinks she is more intelligent than he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her children does Mrs. Ramsay want to stay young?

2. How does Mrs. Ramsay determine which necklace to wear to dinner?

3. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay concerned when the sound of the children playing and the men talking suddenly stops?

5. As Mrs. Ramsay strolls with Mr. Ramsay, who does she think should marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Prue's feelings for her mother, as she sees Mrs. Ramsay at the top of the stairs?

2. Explain the comparison Lily Biscoe makes between Mr. Ramsay and William Bankes.

3. Why does Mr. Ramsay interrupt James and his wife as they read a book?

4. Why doesn't Mrs. Ramsay allow her daughters to mock the atheist, Mr. Tansley?

5. What does Mr. Ramsay want his wife to say to him when he finishes reading and she finishes her knitting? How does she react to what he wants?

6. What is James' reaction when his father praises his sailing abilities?

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

8. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction when Mr. Bankes and Lily Briscoe go through the opening in the hedge to find Ramsay loudly reciting poetry?

9. As Lily paints, she thinks of a time on the beach with Charles Tansley many years before. Mrs. Ramsay was sitting near them, writing letters, and watching. How does Lily believe Mrs. Ramsay affected the way she and Charles acted toward each other?

10. Summarize Andrew's description of Minta.

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