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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Lily feel about the sympathy that Mrs. Ramsay gives Mr. Ramsay?
2. Why does Mr. Ramsay become annoyed with Mrs. Ramsay, thinking he will go off alone?
3. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?
4. Where are James and his mother planning to take a trip?
5. What does Paul decide to do when they cannot find the brooch?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Lily Briscoe envision Mrs. Ramsay after she screams out Mrs. Ramsay's name in grief?
3. Why is Mr. Ramsay enraged, pacing back and forth on the terrace?
4. What does Mr. Ramsay say to try and please his wife while they are walking on the grounds of the summerhouse?
5. What is the state of mind of the family and guests of Mrs. Ramsay as dinner comes to an end?
6. Mrs. Ramsay tucks James into bed and he asks about going to the Lighthouse. What is Mrs. Ramsay's response and what is she thinking as she answers James?
7. Why does James consider taking a knife and stabbing his father through the heart?
8. What are James' thoughts of his mother as he waits at the tiller for the breeze to fill the sails?
9. What does Lily Briscoe decide to do as she stares at the tablecloth with its leaf pattern she recognizes from years ago?
10. Why doesn't Mrs. Ramsay allow her daughters to mock the atheist, Mr. Tansley?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.
2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapter.
3) Describe how Lily's words," It is finished", relate to James, Cam, Mr. Ramsay, Lily, and Mr. Carmichael.
Essay Topic 2
1) Compare the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay. Which character gives more to their relationship? Explain.
2) How do their views differ on life, marriage, and children?
3) Which character is more realistic in his or her view of life? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
1) Analyze James coming of age throughout the novel.
2) What fears and emotions does he experience as he grows in the three parts of the novel?
3) How do his attitudes change as he develops from a young boy into a young man?
4) Cite examples of the character changes James goes through from each of the three parts of the novel.
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