To the Lighthouse Quizzes

To the Lighthouse Quiz 1

1 How does Andrew Ramsay die?
A boating accident

Fighting in World War I

Tuberculosis

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

Stockings

A shawl

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

His sudden fever

His hot temper

His fondness for shooting birds
4 In what year was To the Lighthouse published?
1893

1856

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 hat

A towel

A shawl

A basket
8 What does Lily decide to move to the center of her painting?
A boat

A purple triangle

The Lighthouse

A tree
9 How does Mrs. Ramsay envision her essential self?
As a bird

As a boar

As a wedge-shaped core of darkness

As a nun
10 What poem does Mr. Ramsay recite to himself on the beach?
Four Quartets

The Second Coming

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The Charge of the Light Brigade
11 Which of the Ramsay's guests is a poet?
Lily Briscoe

Charles Tansley

Paul Rayley

Augustus Carmichael
12 Where does Nancy find Minta and Paul kissing?
On the boat

In the dining room

On the terrace

None of the above
13 Who are the Owl and the Poker?
Two characters from James's storybook

Minta Doyle's parents

Two birds that Jasper shoots

Two of Rose's dolls
14 What is Charles Tansley proud to carry home for Mrs. Ramsay?
Her handbag

A letter addressed to her

James

Her shawl
15 Who asks to go to the Lighthouse at the beginning of the book?
Lily

James

Andrew

Cam
16 To what does Mr. Ramsay compare the progress of thought?
A river

The alphabet

A hurricane

A yo-yo
17 What is James's childhood hobby?
Soccer

Knitting

Drawing

Cutting
18 How does Prue Ramsay die?
In an illness related to childbirth

She doesn't die

She is murdered

She drowns
19 What is the name of the Ramsays' dog?
Oscar

Rover

Buddy

Badger
20 What do the Ramsay children call Charles Tansley behind his back?
The Atheist

The miser

Scrooge

Ugly
21 Who rows the boat to the Lighthouse?
James

Macalister's boy

Mr. Ramsay

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?
William Bankes

Mrs. Ramsay

Augustus Carmichael

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

The third

The fourth

The second
25 How much time elapses during "Time Passes"?
20 years

1 night

6 months

10 years