Mrs. Dalloway Quizzes

Mrs. Dalloway Quiz 1

By Cameron Peterson · Last reviewed July 04, 2001

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?

Bond Street

Bloomsbury Way

Picadilly Avenue

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

The Prime Minister

The Prince of Wales

No one knows

The Queen
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?

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?

Miss Kilman

Hugh

Elizabeth

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

She turns around and confronts him

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

Big Ben's clock tower

St. Paul's Cathedral's Sunday sermon

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

An old man and his dog

A nurse and baby
10 Which figure appears to Peter as he is dreaming?

Peter's doppelganger

Clarissa's sheepdog

The solitary traveler

Sally Seton
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?

A traitor

Mother

The little wife

The perfect hostess
12 Which character serves to transition the reader from Peter's stream of consciousness to Rezia's?

The marching boys

The street singer

Isabel Pole

The nurse
13 Into what does Septimus imagine that he sees a dog transforming?

A dragon

A man

A nurse

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

His parents

Isabel Pole and Shakespeare

The royal family

Rezia and her sister
15 How many children do Lucrezia and Septimus Smith have?

Three

One

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?

The mention of Peter Walsh

Big Ben's ringing bells

Lady Bruton's hatred of Clarissa

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

The Prime Minister

Hugh Whitbread

Richard Dalloway

Miss Pym
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 offerings

As chances to meet England's royal family

As necessary to introduce her daughter to society

As an obligation
21 How does Miss Kilman get Elizabeth to sit for longer when they are getting tea?

She tells Elizabeth that she has not finished her cake

She starts Elizabeth discussing her love for parties

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

She demands that they finish the history lesson they had started
22 What profession does Elizabeth NOT consider while she is riding the bus through the Strand?

Farmer

Policeman

Politician

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

A skirt

A baby carriage

A hat

A bookcase
24 Whose entrance directly leads to Septimus' suicide?

Holmes

Rezia

Bradshaw

Evans
25 Which of these descriptions does NOT properly describe Septimus immediately before his death?

Desperate to escape

Enjoying the sun

Not wanting to die

Angry toward Rezia

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