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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. How does Count Mondevale react to the news of the duel between Ian and Robert?

2. What card game does Ian engage in at the party where he meets Elizabeth?

3. How does Marchman feel about Belhaven?

4. Which of the following activities do Elizabeth and Ian partake in during their day alone together at the cottage?

5. Who does Elizabeth confess her indiscretions to after returning from the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a duenna?

2. What happens during the duel between Ian and Robert?

3. How doe Elizabeth and Ian Thornton meet?

4. How does Elizabeth react the first time Ian kisses her?

5. How does Ian realize that Elizabeth didn't set him up in the greenhouse, but someone else did?

6. Who raised Elizabeth when she was growing up?

7. What fact does Lucinda overhear when she is eavesdropping on Ian's conversations?

8. Why is Elizabeth in danger of losing her home?

9. How does Lord John Marchman react to Elizabeth after their first date together?

10. Who is Viscount Mondevale?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Robert returns to Havenhurst after going missing for so many years, he returns with a mouth full of lies. First, create a list of the lies Robert spreads upon returning home. What do you think his motivations were in spreading all these terrible lies? Then, describe what happened to Elizabeth when she listened to and believed her brother's lies? How was her life altered by his return?

Essay Topic 2

When Elizabeth's parents died, she was raised primarily with the help of her elder brother, Robert, and her faithful servants. Fist, explain how Elizabeth's life was immediately impacted upon her parents' deaths. Then, compare / contrast the ways Robert and the servants affected her childhood. Which authority figure seemed to have the greatest impact on Elizabeth's upbringing?

Essay Topic 3

Havenhurst is a place of extreme sentimental value to Elizabeth. First, describe the setting of Havenhurst. Then, explain why this place has such sentimental value to Elizabeth and what she alters in her marriage contract to ensure that it will always be hers. Finally, explain Ian's reaction to seeing Havenhurst for the first time. What does Ian's reaction tell the reader about this place?

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