Mrs Dalloway — Characters, Themes, and Ideas (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes
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How old is Clarissa Dalloway in the novel?
How old is Clarissa Dalloway in the novel?
52 years old
What is Septimus Warren Smith's relationship to Clarissa in the novel?
What is Septimus Warren Smith's relationship to Clarissa in the novel?
Her psychological double
What does Richard Dalloway represent according to the note?
What does Richard Dalloway represent according to the note?
Stability & traditional masculine authority
How does Clarissa describe Sally Seton's kiss from their youth?
How does Clarissa describe Sally Seton's kiss from their youth?
The most supreme moment of her life
What is Sir William Bradshaw's philosophy for treating patients?
What is Sir William Bradshaw's philosophy for treating patients?
Proportion and conversion
What does Big Ben's chiming represent throughout the novel?
What does Big Ben's chiming represent throughout the novel?
Public, mechanical time
How does Clarissa view her parties?
How does Clarissa view her parties?
Her offering to life
Over what time period does the novel's action take place?
Over what time period does the novel's action take place?
A single June day
Where has Peter Walsh returned from at the novel's start?
Where has Peter Walsh returned from at the novel's start?
India
What narrative technique does Woolf use to reveal Clarissa's thoughts?
What narrative technique does Woolf use to reveal Clarissa's thoughts?
Interior monologue/stream-of-consciousness