Mrs. Dalloway Quizzes

Mrs. Dalloway Quiz 1

1 Mrs. Dalloway leaves her house to buy flowers for what occasion?
The tea gathering she had planned with Miss Kilman

A party she is throwing that evening

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?
Penny Lane

Bloomsbury Way

Bond Street

Picadilly Avenue
3 Who is riding in the important car that stops traffic and business as Clarissa does her shopping?
The Prime Minister

The Queen

No one knows

The Prince of Wales
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 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

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?
She spots flowers that Richard had left her as an apology

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
6 Whose entrance results in Peter's departure from Clarissa's company when he first visits her after his return from India?
Richard

Elizabeth

Hugh

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

She turns around and confronts him

He becomes bored and decides to follow the marching schoolboys instead

She reaches her home and disappears inside
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?
A nurse and baby

The Warren Smiths

An old man and his dog

The girl he had followed
10 Which figure appears to Peter as he is dreaming?
The solitary traveler

Sally Seton

Clarissa's sheepdog

Peter's doppelganger
11 In Peter's memories of Bourton, what does he insultingly call Clarissa as she tries to introduce him to Richard for the first time?
The perfect hostess

Mother

The little wife

A traitor
12 Which character serves to transition the reader from Peter's stream of consciousness to Rezia's?
Isabel Pole

The marching boys

The nurse

The street singer
13 Into what does Septimus imagine that he sees a dog transforming?
A man

A nurse

A dragon

A doctor
14 Whom does Septimus join the army in the beginning of World War I to protect?
Isabel Pole and Shakespeare

His parents

Rezia and her sister

The royal family
15 How many children do Lucrezia and Septimus Smith have?
One

Three

Zero

Two
16 Whom does Lady Bruton invite to her luncheon?
Septimus & Rezia

Clarissa & Richard

Clarissa & Elizabeth

Richard & Hugh
17 What triggers Richard's desire to buy Clarissa flowers?
Lady Bruton's hatred of Clarissa

Big Ben's ringing bells

The mention of Peter Walsh

The marching band
18 Who at the luncheon does Milly Brush, Lady Bruton's secretary, despise?
Miss Pym

Richard Dalloway

The Prime Minister

Hugh Whitbread
19 Which of the following does Richard say to Clarissa as he gives her the flowers he has bought?
"My darling"

"Je t'aime"

"I love you"

none of the above
20 How does Clarissa describe and justify her parties?
As chances to meet England's royal family

As an obligation

As necessary to introduce her daughter to society

As offerings
21 How does Miss Kilman get Elizabeth to sit for longer when they are getting tea?
She demands that they finish the history lesson they had started

She invites a friend to join them so Elizabeth feels obligated to stay

She tells Elizabeth that she has not finished her cake

She starts Elizabeth discussing her love for parties
22 What profession does Elizabeth NOT consider while she is riding the bus through the Strand?
Politician

Farmer

Policeman

Doctor
23 What object do Rezia and Septimus design and construct together?
A skirt

A hat

A bookcase

A baby carriage
24 Whose entrance directly leads to Septimus' suicide?
Evans

Holmes

Rezia

Bradshaw
25 Which of these descriptions does NOT properly describe Septimus immediately before his death?
Enjoying the sun

Angry toward Rezia

Not wanting to die

Desperate to escape

Compare the journey of Mrs. Dalloway and Septimus?

The heroine of the novel, Clarissa is analyzed in terms of her life, personality, and thought process throughout the book by the author and other characters. She is viewed from many angles. Clarissa enjoys the moment-to-moment aspect of life and...

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Theme of love in Mrs.dalloway

I think that relationships are theme which includes love. Relationships are addressed in many different ways in the story. First is the relationship between Clarissa and Richard Dalloway. The marriage seems solid and the couple complements one...

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what do flowers represent in Mrs.Dalloway?

Flowers primarily represent the joy and beauty of life, especially for Mrs. Dalloway. Flowers provide an extended metaphor for beauty and femininity. Consider Sally's rather rough handling as an attack on her beauty and her femininity.

Sally...

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by Virginia Woolf

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