Reading Comprehension Quiz (Virginia Woolf, “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid”)
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Virginia Woolf, “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid”
Read “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
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13.29 What sound is Woolf referring to in paragraph 1?
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13.30 What will happen if the women of England cannot “think peace into existence,” according to Woolf?
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13.31 Women were not allowed to fight in World War II by the British. What does Woolf suggest women could be doing to help the war effort?
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13.32 According to Woolf, what is the “subconscious Hitlerism” that is keeping the men and women of England prisoners?
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13.33 Woolf claims that as part of the peace treaty there will be a general disarmament: “No more guns, no army, no navy, no air force in the future.” What is the obstacle to this ideal?
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13.34 Woolf records that during the writing of the essay, the “sawing overhead has increased. All the searchlights are erect. They point at a spot exactly above this roof. At any moment a bomb may fall on this room.” During this time, she is overcome with fear and can think of nothing else. When a bomb does not fall on her house, her fear is replaced with
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13.35 What happens when the downed German pilot is approached by the British civilians?
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13.36 In her final lines of the essay, Woolf references America. Why?
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