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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the catalyst that brings down the bank?
2. What does Hugh do to try to save Pilaster's reputation?
3. Why doesn't Ben continue his relationship with his daughter-in-law, Maisie?
4. What hope does Hugh have if the Silva's faction wins the revolution?
5. What is the last place that Hugh visits?
Short Essay Questions
1. Hugh makes a major decision about his future after he speaks to Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5. What is the decision? Why does he make it? What is the outcome?
2. What has become of Edward's and Micky's marriages by Part 2, Chapter 5?
3. How does Micky finally get Edward to talk to him in Part 3, Chapter 2, after Edward discovers the truth about the drowning?
4. With what question does Emily go to Maisie for help in Part 2, Chapter 3? Why Maisie? What does Maisie do to help her?
5. What deal do the partners come up with so that Edward's first request as Senior Partner goes through, but so the bank won't be compromised?
6. What does Hugh piece together in Part 3, and what does he do with the information? How is it received?
7. How does Edward become Senior Partner of the bank?
8. How does Hugh want to handle the failing of the bank with his family members? How do they respond?
9. What happens between Solly, Edward and Micky in Part 2, Chapter 5?
10. What occurs between Maisie and Ben Greenbourne after Solly's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nora is perhaps the most selfish of the selfish characters. Compare her to Augusta. Which of the women is truly the most selfish? How does Augusta somewhat redeem herself, and Nora never does?
Essay Topic 2
How does a Russian Jewish family end up being tied to an English banking family for centuries?
Essay Topic 3
At the wedding, Augusta says to the guest next to her that "London society has degenerated completely". What does she mean by this statement? How is it a self-serving statement?
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