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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?
2. How many speakers are there in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
3. What word describes the feet of the "she" in The World?
4. According to the preacher in The One Certainty, all things are what?
5. The body beloved of the speaker now lies, as said in the second stanza of Sister Maude, cold as what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compose an essay which investigates the Christological allegory presented in Goblin Market. Such an allegory, one which relates in its non-literal signification a well-known story or historical occurrence, will not necessarily have direct correlations between the literal and the non-literal significations, but relate the two by universal types of actions, the exemplar of which being found in the non-literally signified story. What are the universal types by which the story of Christ and Goblin Market are related? In what ways does the story parallel that of Christ, or of salvation history in general? Of what are the various characters and actions in the story symbolic? What impact does Goblin Market have on the reader's perception of the story of Christ?
Essay Topic 2
A consistent theme in Rossetti's poems is the significance of Spring. Write an analytical essay which discusses the various significations which Spring has throughout her poetry. What imagery is associated with Spring? What does this imagery signify? What emotions are attached to the arrival of Spring? How does the season of Spring correlate to the human condition? In what ways does the internal disposition of a human person cohere with or reject the seasonal activity of Spring? What does this reveal about human nature, particularly human emotions and desires?
Essay Topic 3
A constant theme in Rossetti's poetry is the struggle of a speaker against despair. Compose an analytical essay which examines this theme overall. How is it portrayed in individual poems? How is it portrayed overall? What shapes does the struggle take? What prompts the feelings of despair? In what ways, if any, is the despair overcome? With what does the speaker struggle against despair; in other words, how does she try to conquer it? Give specific examples.
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