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by Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse Quiz 1

1. How does Andrew Ramsay die?

  • Tuberculosis
  • Suicide
  • Fighting in World War I
  • A boating accident

2. What is Mrs. Ramsay knitting for the Lighthouse keeper's boy?

  • A shawl
  • Stockings
  • A hat
  • A scarf

3. What worries Mrs. Ramsay about Jasper?

  • His hot temper
  • His fondness for shooting birds
  • His forgetfulness
  • His sudden fever

4. In what year was To the Lighthouse published?

  • 1856
  • 1893
  • 1927
  • 1952

5. Where is the Ramsays' summer home?

  • Long Island
  • The Riviera
  • The Hebrides
  • Barbados

6. How does Augustus Carmichael infuriate Mr. Ramsay at dinner?

  • By flirting with Mrs. Ramsay
  • By criticizing his work
  • By yelling at Prue
  • By asking for more soup

7. With what does Mrs. Ramsay cover the boar's head on the nursery wall?

  • A shawl
  • A towel
  • A hat
  • A basket

8. What does Lily decide to move to the center of her painting?

  • A purple triangle
  • The Lighthouse
  • A boat
  • A tree

9. How does Mrs. Ramsay envision her essential self?

  • As a nun
  • As a bird
  • As a boar
  • As a wedge-shaped core of darkness

10. What poem does Mr. Ramsay recite to himself on the beach?

  • The Second Coming
  • Four Quartets
  • The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade

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