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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 hard for Tony?
2. Who is Mr. Todd?
3. What young woman does Tony meet?
4. How much is Brenda now requesting as a settlement?
5. What does Tony do in a weak moment?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has John Beaver fared through the saga of Tony and Brenda's failed marriage?
2. Why does Tony have to appear to be in the wrong?
3. What do Messigner and Tony decide to do and do you think they make the best choice?
4. How does Tony manage to survive in the jungle?
5. How does Brenda take the news of her son's death?
6. How does Brenda use the death of her son to justify her request for a divorce?
7. What is Tony's position in Brenda's social circle by the end of this chapter?
8. How does Tony finally take some of his own personal power back and take charge of his destiny?
9. Why do you think Tony decides to go away for awhile?
10. How has Tony again entrusted his life to someone for whom that trust is not valid?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tony is an aristocrat who is still immersed in the Victorian era. His wife, Brenda is the embodiment of the more modern times and beliefs. Discuss one of the following:
1. Discuss characteristics of the Victorian era and where those appear in the novel.
2. Discuss the characteristics of the post-Victorian and where those appear in the novel.
3. Compare and contrast the Victorian era with the post-Victorian era of the first several decades of the 20th century.
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 2, "English Gothic: Part Three," Brenda is just taking the first steps on the road to adultery. Discuss the following:
1. Is it obvious yet that Brenda consciously intends to develop her curiosity of John Beaver into a full-blown affair? Why or why not?
2. Is it obvious yet that John consciously intends to develop his flirtation with Brenda into a full-blown affair? Why or why not?
3. What is similar about these two characters that puts them on the path to having an affair? Could either have stopped this becoming an affair, or is the dye already cast by this early chapter?
Essay Topic 3
Often the people hurt the most in a situation like that of Tony and Brenda's is a child. John Andrew plays a pivotal role in the melodrama of Brenda's descent into selfishness. Discuss the following:
1. Compare the relationship between John Andrew and each of his parents.
2. How does the relationship between John Andrew and his parents (individually) change over the course of the story?
3. How does John Andrew tip the scales in Brenda's decision to reveal all to Tony? Do you think she is genuinely grieved about her son's death or glad for an opportunity for "total freedom"?
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