To the Lighthouse Quizzes

To the Lighthouse Quiz 1

1 How does Andrew Ramsay die?
A boating accident

Suicide

Fighting in World War I

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

A shawl

A hat

A scarf
3 What worries Mrs. Ramsay about Jasper?
His forgetfulness

His hot temper

His sudden fever

His fondness for shooting birds
4 In what year was To the Lighthouse published?
1856

1893

1952

1927
5 Where is the Ramsays' summer home?
The Hebrides

Long Island

The Riviera

Barbados
6 How does Augustus Carmichael infuriate Mr. Ramsay at dinner?
By flirting with Mrs. Ramsay

By yelling at Prue

By criticizing his work

By asking for more soup
7 With what does Mrs. Ramsay cover the boar's head on the nursery wall?
A shawl

A basket

A towel

A hat
8 What does Lily decide to move to the center of her painting?
The Lighthouse

A tree

A boat

A purple triangle
9 How does Mrs. Ramsay envision her essential self?
As a boar

As a bird

As a wedge-shaped core of darkness

As a nun
10 What poem does Mr. Ramsay recite to himself on the beach?
The Second Coming

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Four Quartets
11 Which of the Ramsay's guests is a poet?
Paul Rayley

Lily Briscoe

Charles Tansley

Augustus Carmichael
12 Where does Nancy find Minta and Paul kissing?
In the dining room

On the terrace

On the boat

None of the above
13 Who are the Owl and the Poker?
Minta Doyle's parents

Two birds that Jasper shoots

Two of Rose's dolls

Two characters from James's storybook
14 What is Charles Tansley proud to carry home for Mrs. Ramsay?
Her handbag

A letter addressed to her

Her shawl

James
15 Who asks to go to the Lighthouse at the beginning of the book?
Cam

Lily

James

Andrew
16 To what does Mr. Ramsay compare the progress of thought?
A yo-yo

A river

The alphabet

A hurricane
17 What is James's childhood hobby?
Knitting

Drawing

Cutting

Soccer
18 How does Prue Ramsay die?
She drowns

She is murdered

She doesn't die

In an illness related to childbirth
19 What is the name of the Ramsays' dog?
Oscar

Badger

Rover

Buddy
20 What do the Ramsay children call Charles Tansley behind his back?
Ugly

The miser

Scrooge

The Atheist
21 Who rows the boat to the Lighthouse?
James

Mr. Ramsay

Macalister's boy

Macalister
22 What is the name of the Ramsays' nursemaid in "The Window"?
Mildred

Maria

Monica

Martha
23 Who will Lily allow to view her painting?
Augustus Carmichael

Mrs. Ramsay

William Bankes

Anyone
24 Which stroke of the Lighthouse is Mrs. Ramsay's stroke?
The second

The fourth

The third

The first
25 How much time elapses during "Time Passes"?
10 years

20 years

6 months

1 night