WorksheetsVirginia Woolf
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
When was Virginia Woolf born?
1882
1904
1922
1941
What work wasn't written by Virginia Woolf?
To the Lighthouse
Orlando
The Waves
Nostromo
What's the name of the circle of intellectuals Virginia Woolf founded?
The Hyde Park Group
The Serpentine Group
The Bloomsbury Group
The Sackville Group
In Virginia Woolf's novels the point of view is always that of the main character.
True
False
Mrs Dalloway takes places on 16th June 1904
True
False
At the beginning of the novel Mrs Dalloway is going to Bond Street to meet her friend Sally
True
False
Clarissa Dalloway
lost a friend during the war.
is a lady in her thirties married to a MP.
was influenced by a possesive father.
never imposes restrictions on her feelings.
Who was the man Mrs Dalloway once loved?
Septimus Smith
Peter Walsh
William Bradshaw
Mr Bruton
Septimus has an interview with Sir William Bradshaw, who suggests he should go on holiday
True
False
At the time of the story society was rapidly changing under king George V.
True
False
What are colled those moments of intensity which illuminate our lives in Woolf's literary technique?
Instants of vision
Interior monologues
Moments of being
Flashes of perception
What thinker described time as a duration?
Albert Einstein
Henri Bergson
Sigmund Freud
Henry James
The description of Mrs Dalloway consists of a succession of _________ thoughts, memories and sense impressions
fixed
fragmented
disintegrated
inadequate
At the end of the novel "Mrs Dalloway"...
Peter dies
Septimus dies
Clarissa dies
Sally dies
Virginia Woolf
refused to use flashbacks and association of ideas.
used the omniscient narrator.
believed that life was like a luminous halo surronding people's consciousness.
thought that the events narrated had a huge importance in the story
