Virginia Woolf MCQsBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: June 2, 2025 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : What was Virginia Woolf’s birth name? (A) Virginia Bell (B) Virginia Stephen (C) Virginia Brown (D) Virginia Nichols 2. : In which year was Virginia Woolf born? (A) 1875 (B) 1882 (C) 1890 (D) 1895 3. : Virginia Woolf was a central figure in which literary group? (A) The Inklings (B) The Bloomsbury Group (C) The Algonquin Round Table (D) The Brontë Society 4. : Which Virginia Woolf novel explores the inner thoughts of Clarissa Dalloway? (A) Orlando (B) The Waves (C) Mrs Dalloway (D) To the Lighthouse 5. : Who was Virginia Woolf’s husband? (A) Lytton Strachey (B) Leonard Woolf (C) Roger Fry (D) E.M. Forster 6. : What innovative literary technique is Virginia Woolf known for using? (A) First-person narrative (B) Stream of consciousness (C) Epistolary style (D) Third-person omniscient 7. : Which Virginia Woolf novel is set in part at the Ramsay family’s summer home? (A) The Waves (B) Between the Acts (C) To the Lighthouse (D) Night and Day 8. : What was the name of Virginia Woolf’s publishing house? (A) Hogarth Press (B) Bloomsbury Press (C) Woolf Publications (D) Modernist Books 9. : Virginia Woolf’s feminist essay “A Room of One’s Own” argues for what essential element for women writers? (A) Education (B) Economic independence (C) Literary mentorship (D) A personal library 10. : In which novel does Woolf explore gender identity through a character who lives for centuries? (A) The Waves (B) Orlando (C) Jacob’s Room (D) Flush 11. : What was Virginia Woolf’s final novel, published posthumously? (A) The Waves (B) The Voyage Out (C) Between the Acts (D) Jacob’s Room 12. : In which year did Virginia Woolf die? (A) 1940 (B) 1941 (C) 1943 (D) 1945 13. : How did Virginia Woolf die? (A) Illness (B) Car accident (C) Suicide by drowning (D) Heart attack 14. : Who was Virginia Woolf’s sister, known for her art? (A) Violet Stephen (B) Laura Stephen (C) Vanessa Bell (D) Dora Carrington 15. : Which novel by Woolf focuses on a single day in London society? (A) Night and Day (B) The Years (C) Mrs Dalloway (D) Flush 16. : What animal is the subject of Woolf’s fictional biography “Flush”? (A) A horse (B) A dog (C) A cat (D) A bird 17. : Woolf’s works are most closely associated with which literary period? (A) Romanticism (B) Victorian (C) Modernism (D) Postmodernism 18. : What genre does “A Room of One’s Own” belong to? (A) Novel (B) Biography (C) Essay (D) Short story 19. : Who was the subject of Woolf’s biography “Roger Fry”? (A) Her father (B) Her husband (C) A fellow Bloomsbury member (D) A fictional character 20. : What was Woolf’s first novel? (A) Jacob’s Room (B) The Voyage Out (C) Night and Day (D) The Years 21. : In “Orlando,” which historical figure inspired the title character? (A) Vita Sackville-West (B) Leonard Woolf (C) Lytton Strachey (D) Katherine Mansfield 22. : What literary form does “The Waves” primarily use? (A) Short stories (B) Dramatic dialogue (C) Interconnected monologues (D) Letters 23. : Which novel by Woolf is often considered semi-autobiographical? (A) The Voyage Out (B) Orlando (C) The Waves (D) Jacob’s Room 24. : Who was the father of Virginia Woolf? (A) Richard Bell (B) Leslie Stephen (C) Charles Dickens (D) Thomas Hardy 25. : What theme is central in many of Woolf’s novels? (A) Science fiction (B) Gender and identity (C) War propaganda (D) Political satire 26. : Where was Virginia Woolf born? (A) Cambridge (B) London (C) Oxford (D) Manchester 27. : What was the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West? (A) Cousins (B) Enemies (C) Romantic partners (D) Siblings 28. : What is the name of the novel in which Woolf explores the concept of time and memory through a seaside setting? (A) The Voyage Out (B) The Waves (C) To the Lighthouse (D) Night and Day 29. : Which of Woolf’s novels features a dinner party that frames the narrative? (A) Between the Acts (B) Jacob’s Room (C) Mrs Dalloway (D) Orlando 30. : Who did Virginia Woolf influence most significantly among feminist critics? (A) Camille Paglia (B) Simone de Beauvoir (C) Judith Butler (D) Elaine Showalter 31. : What is the structure of “The Waves”? (A) Chapters and traditional narration (B) Prose poetry with soliloquies (C) Dialogue-driven plot (D) Diary entries 32. : “Three Guineas” is primarily concerned with what issue? (A) Religion (B) War and women’s rights (C) Education (D) Travel 33. : What genre is “Three Guineas”? (A) Novel (B) Short story (C) Essay (D) Play 34. : Woolf’s mental health struggles are often attributed to what disorder? (A) Schizophrenia (B) Bipolar disorder (C) Autism (D) PTSD 35. : Which novel by Woolf covers the passing of time and generational change within a family? (A) Orlando (B) The Years (C) Flush (D) The Waves 36. : What event deeply affected Woolf during her youth? (A) World War I (B) The death of her mother (C) Moving to Oxford (D) Winning a literary prize 37. : What is the primary setting for “Between the Acts”? (A) A courtroom (B) A university (C) A country house (D) A seashore hotel 38. : Which war was ongoing during Woolf’s final years? (A) World War I (B) Spanish Civil War (C) World War II (D) Boer War 39. : What is notable about Woolf’s writing style? (A) Linear narrative (B) Stream of consciousness and psychological depth (C) Satirical and comedic tone (D) Horror and suspense 40. : Virginia Woolf was a strong advocate for which cause? (A) Colonialism (B) Women’s rights (C) Industrial expansion (D) Capital punishment 41. : Where did Woolf die? (A) London (B) Rodmell (C) Oxford (D) Cambridge 42. : What river did Virginia Woolf drown herself in? (A) Thames (B) Ouse (C) Avon (D) Tyne 43. : Who did Virginia Woolf dedicate “Orlando” to? (A) Leonard Woolf (B) Vanessa Bell (C) Vita Sackville-West (D) T.S. Eliot 44. : “The Common Reader” is a collection of what? (A) Poems (B) Plays (C) Essays (D) Novels 45. : What magazine did Woolf co-found? (A) The Nation (B) Time and Tide (C) The Times Literary Supplement (D) New Statesman 46. : What type of narrative does Woolf often subvert in her fiction? (A) Gothic romance (B) Victorian realism (C) Historical fiction (D) Science fiction 47. : “Jacob’s Room” was Woolf’s first truly ________ novel. (A) Realist (B) Experimental (C) Historical (D) Romantic 48. : Woolf’s novel “Night and Day” is often seen as more ________ than her later works. (A) Radical (B) Traditional (C) Poetic (D) Scientific 49. : Which novel did Woolf consider a turning point in her writing career? (A) Night and Day (B) Mrs Dalloway (C) Jacob’s Room (D) Orlando 50. : Virginia Woolf’s mother, Julia Stephen, served as a model for which character type in her works? 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