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Mrs. Dalloway Quiz 1

  • 1. Mrs. Dalloway leaves her house to buy flowers for what occasion?
    •     A party she is throwing that evening
    •     The tea gathering she had planned with Miss Kilman
    •     The illness of her friend, Evelyn Whitbread
    •     A luncheon she hopes to attend at the home of Lady Bruton

  • 2. Clarissa loves the atmosphere on which famous London street where she finds Miss Pym at the florist?
    •     Picadilly Avenue
    •     Penny Lane
    •     Bond Street
    •     Bloomsbury Way

  • 3. Who is riding in the important car that stops traffic and business as Clarissa does her shopping?
    •     No one knows
    •     The Queen
    •     The Prince of Wales
    •     The Prime Minister

  • 4. Why is Lucrezia Warren Smith anxious when Maisie Johnson asks her and Septimus for directions?
    •     She is jealous of the way Septimus looks at young, pretty Maisie
    •     She is embarrassed by Septimus' strangeness and abruptness
    •     She and Septimus are late for their meeting with Sir William Bradshaw
    •     She is experiencing delusions and believes that she sees her dead friend speaking to her

  • 5. What causes Clarissa to be upset and bitter upon returning to her home after shopping for flowers?
    •     Clarissa's virginal attic room has been cleaned and altered
    •     Lucy has forgotten about the party and did not mend Clarissa's dress
    •     Richard had been invited to lunch with Lady Bruton and she had not
    •     She spots flowers that Richard had left her as an apology

  • 6. Whose entrance results in Peter's departure from Clarissa's company when he first visits her after his return from India?
    •     Richard
    •     Hugh
    •     Elizabeth
    •     Miss Kilman

  • 7. Why does Peter stop following the enchanting young woman through the streets of London?
    •     He becomes bored and decides to follow the marching schoolboys instead
    •     He is late for his appointment and must hurry to catch the bus
    •     She reaches her home and disappears inside
    •     She turns around and confronts him

  • 8. With what London landmark does Peter associate Clarissa playing the hostess?
    •     Big Ben's clock tower
    •     St. Margaret's ringing of the bells
    •     St. Paul's Cathedral's Sunday sermon
    •     Trafalgar Square's Flea market

  • 9. Next to whom does Peter fall asleep in Regent's Park?
    •     An old man and his dog
    •     The Warren Smiths
    •     A nurse and baby
    •     The girl he had followed

  • 10. Which figure appears to Peter as he is dreaming?
    •     Clarissa's sheepdog
    •     Peter's doppelganger
    •     The solitary traveler
    •     Sally Seton

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