To the Lighthouse Quizzes

To the Lighthouse Quiz 1

By Merrin Lazyan · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed January 22, 2006

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?

Stockings

A shawl

A scarf

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

1927

1952

1856
5 Where is the Ramsays' summer home?

Barbados

Long Island

The Riviera

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

By asking for more soup

By yelling at Prue

By criticizing his work

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

A basket

A shawl

A towel

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

The Lighthouse

A tree

A purple triangle

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

As a bird

As a wedge-shaped core of darkness

As a nun

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

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Second Coming

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Four Quartets
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?

In the dining room

On the boat

On the terrace

None of the above
13 Who are the Owl and the Poker?

Two characters from James's storybook

Two of Rose's dolls

Two birds that Jasper shoots

Minta Doyle's parents
14 What is Charles Tansley proud to carry home for Mrs. Ramsay?

Her shawl

Her handbag

James

A letter addressed to her
15 Who asks to go to the Lighthouse at the beginning of the book?

Cam

Andrew

James

Lily
16 To what does Mr. Ramsay compare the progress of thought?

The alphabet

A yo-yo

A hurricane

A river
17 What is James's childhood hobby?

Drawing

Soccer

Knitting

Cutting
18 How does Prue Ramsay die?

She is murdered

She doesn't die

In an illness related to childbirth

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

Oscar

Buddy

Rover

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

Ugly

The miser

The Atheist

Scrooge
21 Who rows the boat to the Lighthouse?

Macalister

Macalister's boy

James

Mr. Ramsay
22 What is the name of the Ramsays' nursemaid in "The Window"?

Maria

Mildred

Martha

Monica
23 Who will Lily allow to view her painting?

Anyone

William Bankes

Augustus Carmichael

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

The third

The second

The fourth

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

20 years

1 night

6 months

10 years