Mrs. Dalloway Study Guide

1. Mrs. Dalloway leaves her house to buy flowers for what occasion?

• A luncheon she hopes to attend at the home of Lady Bruton
• The illness of her friend, Evelyn Whitbread
• The tea gathering she had planned with Miss Kilman
• A party she is throwing that evening

2. Clarissa loves the atmosphere on which famous London street where she finds Miss Pym at the florist?

• Penny Lane
• Picadilly Avenue
• Bond Street
• Bloomsbury Way

3. Who is riding in the important car that stops traffic and business as Clarissa does her shopping?

• The Prince of Wales
• The Prime Minister
• No one knows
• The Queen

4. Why is Lucrezia Warren Smith anxious when Maisie Johnson asks her and Septimus for directions?

• She is experiencing delusions and believes that she sees her dead friend speaking to her
• She and Septimus are late for their meeting with Sir William Bradshaw
• She is jealous of the way Septimus looks at young, pretty Maisie
• She is embarrassed by Septimus' strangeness and abruptness

5. What causes Clarissa to be upset and bitter upon returning to her home after shopping for flowers?

• Richard had been invited to lunch with Lady Bruton and she had not
• Lucy has forgotten about the party and did not mend Clarissa's dress
• Clarissa's virginal attic room has been cleaned and altered
• 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?

• Elizabeth
• Hugh
• Richard
• Miss Kilman

7. Why does Peter stop following the enchanting young woman through the streets of London?

• He is late for his appointment and must hurry to catch the bus
• He becomes bored and decides to follow the marching schoolboys instead
• She turns around and confronts him
• She reaches her home and disappears inside

8. With what London landmark does Peter associate Clarissa playing the hostess?

• St. Paul's Cathedral's Sunday sermon
• Big Ben's clock tower
• St. Margaret's ringing of the bells
• Trafalgar Square's Flea market

9. Next to whom does Peter fall asleep in Regent's Park?

• The girl he had followed
• The Warren Smiths
• A nurse and baby
• An old man and his dog

10. Which figure appears to Peter as he is dreaming?

• Peter's doppelganger
• Sally Seton
• The solitary traveler
• Clarissa's sheepdog