Mrs. Dalloway

Question 0

Septimus Warren Smith

Answer 0

WWI vet and married to Lucrezia
He’s insane and feels need to communicate and maintain privacy
Very similar to Clarissa
Before war, he was a poet and after human nature is evil
Guilty of not being able to feel, commits suicide

Question 1

Clarissa Dalloway

Answer 1

Protagonist
Very animated and cares a lot about what people think of her and self reflective, need to communicate
Questions life’s true meaning and happiness truly possible?
Marries Richard over Peter Walsh and thinks about Sally Seton whom she loved

Question 2

Peter Walsh

Answer 2

Close friend of Clarissa and once in love with her
She rejected his proposal so he moved to India for five years
Highly critical and conflicted on everything in his life
Plays with his pocket knife and has romantic problems and is in love with a married woman in India

Question 3

Sally Seton

Answer 3

Close friend of Peter and Clarissa
Wild and did anything and was in love with Clarissa as teenagers (both of them)
Has 5 boys and is Lady Rosseter

Question 4

Richard Dalloway

Answer 4

Clarissa’s husband and a member of parliament in the conservative government
Write a history of the Britons when the Labour Party comes to power
Outdoorsman and loving father and husband
Reformist but appreciates tradition
Failed to make into main government

Question 5

Hugh Whitbread

Answer 5

Clarissa’s friend, married to Evelyn Whitbread
Upholder of tradition
Vain, pompous, and gluttonous
Makes Clarissa feel insecure

Question 6

Lucrezia Smith

Answer 6

Septimus’ wife
Bear his mental illness
Usually lively and wants to share unhappiness

Question 7

Elizabeth Dalloway

Answer 7

Clarissa’s kid
Gentle, considerate, passive
Age 17, likes to be outdoor with dad and spends time with religious history teacher Miss Kilman

Question 8

Doris Kilman

Answer 8

Elizabeth’s history teacher from Germany
Fired for anti-German prejudice
Dress how she wants, homely, dislikes Clarissa but like Elizabeth
Born again Christian

Question 9

Sir William Bradshaw

Answer 9

Famed psychiatrist who is sought by Lucrezia for husband and recommended by dr. Holmes
Sends Septimus away from wife because thinks has nervous breakdown
Crazes power and recognition in field

Question 10

Dr. Holmes

Answer 10

Septimus’ doctor and says nothing is wrong, sends to Bradshaw
Hosted by Septimus

Question 11

Lady Millicent Bruton

Answer 11

High society and friend of dalloways, promote emigration to canada
62, magisterial, needs help from Richard and Hugh to write letter to editor

Question 12

Melina Parry (aunt)

Answer 12

Clarissa’s aunt
Relic of strict society that Clarissa hates
Botanist, talks about orchids and Burma
Age 80+

Question 13

Ellie Henderson

Answer 13

Clarissa’s drab cousin
No career, small income, subject to chills
Found dull by Clarissa and stands alone at party

Question 14

Evans

Answer 14

Septimus’s wartime officer and close friend

Died in war but is seen by Septimus

Question 15

Mrs. Filmer

Answer 15

Smith’s neighbor, finds Septimus odd
Reiza’s only friend
Daughter is mrs. Peters

Question 16

Daisy Simmons

Answer 16

Peter Walsh’s lover in India
Married to major in Indian army
Peter arrange her divorce

Question 17

Evelyn Whitbread

Answer 17

Hugh’s wife, suffers from unspecified internal ailment, spends time in nursing home
Peter describes her as mousy and negligible but sometimes says something sharp

Question 18

Mr. Brewer

Answer 18

Septimus’s boss at Sibleys and Arrowsmith
Paternal and sees promise in Septimus, he volunteers for war before he can advance
Promoted when he gets back

Question 19

Jim Hutton

Answer 19

Terrible poet at Dalloway’s Party

Badly dressed, loner, shares Clarissa’s love of Bach

Question 20

Plot Overview

Answer 20

Covers one day to night in Clarissa’s life, Walsh drops by, goes to Septimus waiting at park for doctor, Sir William diagnoses Septimus as lack of proportions and is going to institutionalize him, Richard eats lunch with Hugh and Bruton, Richard can’t tell Clarissa he loves her, Elizabeth and teacher go shopping, people come with Holmes to take Septimus to asylum but he jumps from a window, Peter goes to the party, William shows up and announces Septimus is dead, Clarissa leaves to contemplate, admires Septimus for doing it