Question

how is clarissa dalloway most clearly described in the selection from mrs. dalloway?
she is someone who often creates an inner world in which she hides from the outside world.
she is someone who constantly changes her mind about what she sees and wants.
she is someone who enjoys her surroundings and makes them part of herself.
she is someone who dislikes living in a city that is noisy and overcrowded.
question 13
which excerpt from mrs. dalloway best supports the answer to the question above?
for heaven only knows why one loves it so, how one sees it so, making it up, building it round one, tumbling it, creating it every moment afresh....
in peoples eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses... ; brass bands; barrel organs; in the triumph and the jingle and the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead was what she loved; life; london; this moment of june.
for having lived in westminster—how many years now? over twenty,—one feels even in the midst of the traffic, or waking at night, clarissa was positive, a particular hush, or solemnity....
a charming woman, scrope purvis thought her... a touch of the bird about her, of the jay, blue - green, light, vivacious....

Explanation:

First Question (How is Clarissa Dalloway described?):

To determine Clarissa's description, analyze each option:

• Option 1: The text doesn't show her hiding from the outside world with an inner world. Eliminate.
• Option 2: There's no indication she constantly changes her mind. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The excerpt "In people's eyes... what she loved; life; London; this moment of June" shows she enjoys her surroundings (London, life, the moment) and integrates them into herself (loving and making them part of her experience). This fits.
• Option 4: The text shows she loves London, so she doesn't dislike the city. Eliminate.

The correct answer to the first question is that Clarissa enjoys her surroundings and makes them part of herself. Now, match the excerpt:

• Option 1: Talks about creating a world, not enjoying surroundings. Eliminate.
• Option 2: "In people's eyes... what she loved; life; London; this moment of June" describes her loving elements of her surroundings (city life, London, the moment) and integrating them (loving and making them part of her experience). This supports the idea she enjoys her surroundings and makes them part of herself.
• Option 3: Focuses on her feeling in Westminster, not on enjoying surroundings. Eliminate.
• Option 4: Describes her as charming, not about her relationship with surroundings. Eliminate.

Answer:

She is someone who enjoys her surroundings and makes them part of herself.

Second Question (Which excerpt supports the above answer?):