Gymnopédies
22nd April 2007, 17:18
The events narrated in "Mrs Dalloway" all take place on a single day in mid - June 1923.The novel opens with Clarissa Dalloway going out,at ten o'clock in the morning,to buy flowers for a party she (23) ................... have at her house thta evening.The novel closes as the party begins to fade at around midnight.Throughout the novel the reader is kept
(24) ............ of the passing of time through the day,by chiming of clocks.(25) .......... the novel is not divided into chapters , this marking of the passage of time at intervals provides a regular and objective framework.The second objective framework within (26)................ everything takes place is that of London itself.As the characters move around the city,their paths cross or they witness the same events.The narration shifts from one character to another (27) ............ the events of the day are told from many points of view.
23. A) was to B) would C) should D) is to E) possibly can
24. A) to be informing B) informed C) informing D) to be informed E) to inform
25. A) The fact that B) Since C) Despite D) No matter how E) As long as
26. A) itself B) what C) there D) which E) whereabouts
27. A) by giving way to B) through C) despite D) so that E) causing
Source: SKOR
(24) ............ of the passing of time through the day,by chiming of clocks.(25) .......... the novel is not divided into chapters , this marking of the passage of time at intervals provides a regular and objective framework.The second objective framework within (26)................ everything takes place is that of London itself.As the characters move around the city,their paths cross or they witness the same events.The narration shifts from one character to another (27) ............ the events of the day are told from many points of view.
23. A) was to B) would C) should D) is to E) possibly can
24. A) to be informing B) informed C) informing D) to be informed E) to inform
25. A) The fact that B) Since C) Despite D) No matter how E) As long as
26. A) itself B) what C) there D) which E) whereabouts
27. A) by giving way to B) through C) despite D) so that E) causing
Source: SKOR