To the Lighthouse Quizzes

To the Lighthouse Quiz 1

1 How does Andrew Ramsay die?
A boating accident

Fighting in World War I

Suicide

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

Stockings

A scarf

A shawl
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?
1893

1927

1856

1952
5 Where is the Ramsays' summer home?
The Hebrides

Long Island

Barbados

The Riviera
6 How does Augustus Carmichael infuriate Mr. Ramsay at dinner?
By asking for more soup

By flirting with Mrs. Ramsay

By criticizing his work

By yelling at Prue
7 With what does Mrs. Ramsay cover the boar's head on the nursery wall?
A hat

A shawl

A basket

A towel
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 wedge-shaped core of darkness

As a bird

As a boar

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?
Charles Tansley

Paul Rayley

Lily Briscoe

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?
Two characters from James's storybook

Two of Rose's dolls

Minta Doyle's parents

Two birds that Jasper shoots
14 What is Charles Tansley proud to carry home for Mrs. Ramsay?
Her shawl

James

Her handbag

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

Andrew

Cam

James
16 To what does Mr. Ramsay compare the progress of thought?
The alphabet

A hurricane

A river

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

Knitting

Drawing

Soccer
18 How does Prue Ramsay die?
She doesn't die

She drowns

In an illness related to childbirth

She is murdered
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?
Scrooge

Ugly

The miser

The Atheist
21 Who rows the boat to the Lighthouse?
Macalister's boy

Macalister

Mr. Ramsay

James
22 What is the name of the Ramsays' nursemaid in "The Window"?
Martha

Maria

Mildred

Monica
23 Who will Lily allow to view her painting?
William Bankes

Anyone

Augustus Carmichael

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

The first

The fourth

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

6 months

20 years

1 night