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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. Why does Emma try to keep word of the incident from her father?

2. Who has a baby in Volume 3, Chapter 17?

3. How does the revelation of the father of Harriet change her social status upon her marriage?

4. Who does Mr. Churchill dance the first two dances of the Crown's ball with?

5. Who interrupts this visit, angry with Mr. George Knightley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Woodhouse change his mind about Emma marrying Mr. Knightley?

2. Who leaves Mrs. Elton's party at Donwell Abbey early? Why?

3. What decision does Mr. Knightley make when Emma tells him why she cannot marry him immediately?

4. About whom does Emma make a rude comment at Mrs. Elton's party at Box Hill? Why?

5. Who attempts to humiliate Harriet? How?

6. Why does Emma decide to throw a dinner party? Why does Emma insist on keeping the guest list down to eight names?

7. Who saves Harriet from an attack by gypsies?

8. Who interferes with Emma's attempt to make amends with Miss Fairfax?

9. What does Emma learn when she visits the Bateses after Mrs. Elton's party at Box Hill?

10. Who complains about the accoutrements of the wedding as Emma and Mr. Knightley are wed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss social status. What is social status? How does one's place in society affect their friends, their behaviors, and their attitudes? How does Emma see herself in the realm of social status? Is Emma's behavior dictated by her social status? How does the social status of other characters affect the way Emma treats them? Is Emma fair in her treatment of other characters based on their social status? Does Emma's attitude change as the novel progresses? In what way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss matchmaking. Who is the matchmaker in this novel? How does this person go about matching people together? Do these schemes work? How does this person know who to match and how they feel about one another? Is their more than one matchmaker in the novel? Is so, who is the other matchmaker? How is this person's matchmaking different from the other character's matchmaking? Who is more successful? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Mrs. Weston? What is her relationship to Emma? How does her marriage to Mr. Weston change her relationship to Emma? Why is Emma unhappy with this change? How is Mrs. Weston related to Mr. Churchill? Why does Mrs. Weston think Emma is in love with Mr. Churchill? Is she? Why is Mrs. Weston upset when she learns about the secret Mr. Churchill has been hiding? What is this secret? How does it impact Emma?

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