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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lily see the blank canvas before her?

2. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?

3. What is the brown spot Lily sees out in the bay?

4. Who writes a volume of poetry that becomes very successful?

5. What does Mr. Ramsay do while they are sailing to the Lighthouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part II begins during a storm with the lighthouse's glow touching parts of the abandoned house.

1) How does Woolf use images of darkness, violent storms, and the shabbiness of the house to convey the tone of this part of the novel?

2) How does the condition of the house and the weather compare to the lives of the Ramsay family during Part II of the novel?

3) Justify the answers with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) Interpret the feelings Paul and Minta have for each other in the first part of the novel when they are at the beach.

2) Are their emotions authentic?

3) Are they truthful with each other?

4) Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, after they are married. What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?

5) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

1) Compare and contrast the characters of Mrs. Ramsay and Lily Briscoe.

2) Summarize the impact each character has on one another.

3) How is each character realistic in her view toward life, considering the time period in which the story takes place?

4) How do their roles as women differ? Cite examples from the novel.

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