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Kensington to Rodmell: Virginia Woolf's Life

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Kensington to Rodmell Virginia Woolfs Life game quiz
"From her "Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf penned her way into literary and feminist history. Enjoy this exploration of her life."

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1. During her childhood, Woolf spent a lot of time with her family at their summer home in Cornwall. What was the name given to this home?
    Monk's House
    Talland House
    Red House
    Knole House


2. Virginia, along with other members of the Bloomsbury group, orchestrated an elaborate prank wherein they convinced the Royal Navy, among others, that they were a group of Abyssinian royals. What was the name given to the plot?
    The Bellerophon Plot
    The Temeraire Ruse
    The Superb Swindle
    The Dreadnought Hoax


3. Which of Woolf's novels is considered by critics and scholars as a sort of love letter from Woolf to Vita Sackville-West?
    The Years
    To the Lighthouse
    Orlando
    The Waves


4. This Woolf composition was inspired by "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," a play by Rudolf Besier?
    Flush: A Biography
    Roger Fry: A Biography
    The Waves
    Jacob's Room


5. Where did Woolf acquire the very little formal education she received?
    City University, London
    University of Oxford
    King's College, London
    University of Paris


6. Virginia and Leonard Woolf leaped into the world of publishing in 1917. This endeavor was named:
    Penguin Books
    Bloomsbury Publishing
    Hogarth Press
    Faber and Faber


7. Virginia's older sister Vanessa carved a place for herself in the arts, as well. What was Vanessa's special talent?
    Music
    Gardening
    Poetry
    Painting


8. Virginia's 1915 novel "The Voyage Out" originally carried what title?
    Melymbrosia
    Euphrosyne
    Ridley Ambrose
    Helen's Voyage


9. What prompted Virginia and Leonard to move to their country home, Monk's House, full-time?
    The commotion of the city exacerbated Virginia's mental illness.
    Their London home was damaged in an air raid.
    They could no longer afford to live in London.
    Monk's House was better for entertaining guests.


10. After a life long struggle with mental illness, Virginia Woolf committed suicide by drowning herself. In what river did this take place?
    River Ouse
    River Avon
    River Thames
    River Arun


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Compiled May 19 13