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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 does the doctor initially recommend be done with Lady Audley?

2. What event forces Robert to return to the investigation sooner than he expected?

3. What does Clara say is Halcourt Talboys' reason for treating Robert and his news as he did?

4. Where does George reveal he has been all this time?

5. Where is the school located where Lucy Graham worked before coming to Essex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lady Audley tell her husband about her walk with Robert?

2. What is the doctor's original diagnosis of Lucy Graham Audley?

3. Who does Robert marry and settle down with?

4. How does Robert feel about his visit to George's family?

5. What does Clara discover when she catches sight of Lady Audley?

6. Why does Lady Audley go to Mount Stanning?

7. How does Lady Audley react when Robert arrives at Audley Court the following day?

8. What suggestion does Robert make to Lady Audley in connection to George's death?

9. What does Lord Audley promise to do in order to care for Robert?

10. Why does Robert visit a Mrs. Vincent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss symbolism as it relates to the items Phoebe and Luke find in Lady Audley's jewelry box. What is important about these items? What might they mean to Lady Audley? How do Luke and Phoebe plan to use these items to blackmail Lady Audley? Why does Lady Audley pay these blackmailers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's style. How is the novel structured? Is there anything unique about this structure? How might the novel have been more reader friendly? How might the style have impacted the themes in the novel? Does style affect story? In what ways? Discuss changes that might be made to the novel to make it more easily read by modern readers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Captain Maldon. What disease does Captain Maldon suffer? Why does Captain Maldon spend all the family's money on himself? What motive does Captain Maldon present to Helen to cause her to want to marry someone with money? Who is Captain Maldon's wife? Where is she? How does this reflect on Helen? How does Helen die? What role does Captain Maldon play in this death? Why does George leave his child in the care of Captain Maldon?

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