Q. How many years pass in the second section of the novel?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 12
d) 20
Q. Who rescues the house from the disastrous effects of time?
a) Mrs. Ramsay
b) Mr. Ramsay
c) Mrs. McNab
d) Mr. Macalister
Q. What does Mrs. Ramsay read when she joins Mr. Ramsay after the dinner party?
a) A Shakespearean sonnet
b) The Army and Navy Stores catalogue
c) The daily newspaper
d) A novel by Sir Walter Scott
Q. What does Minta Doyle lose on the beach?
a) The engagement ring that Paul gave her
b) James’s favorite seashell
c) A rare coin
d) Her grandmother’s brooch
Q. When Mrs. Ramsay discovers the children awake in the nursery, what does she do to help them sleep?
a) She sings a lullaby
b) She mixes sleeping powder in their milk
c) She covers a skull that hangs on the wall with her shawl
d) She uses the stocking she has been knitting to give a puppet show
Q. How does Andrew Ramsay die?
a) Tuberculosis
b) Suicide
c) Fighting in World War I
d) A boating accident
Q. What is Mrs. Ramsay knitting for the Lighthouse keeper’s boy?
a) A shawl
b) Stockings
c) A hat
d) A scarf
Q. What worries Mrs. Ramsay about Jasper?
a) His hot temper
b) His fondness for shooting birds
c) His forgetfulness
d) His sudden fever
Q. In what year was To the Lighthouse published?
a) 1856
b) 1893
c) 1927
d) 1952
Q. Where is the Ramsays’ summer home?
a) Long Island
b) The Riviera
c) The Hebrides
d) Barbados
All Important MCQs of Chinua Achebe