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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 was Beatrix excited to show off at local county fairs?

2. What enabled Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?

3. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?

4. What language did Beatrix work to translate her books into?

5. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What became a problem for Beatrix due to her success and increasing fame?

2. What interested Beatrix at Troutbeck Park?

3. What happened in Beatrix's life just before World War I ended?

4. What does Lane say caused "Sister Anne" to fail?

5. What did Beatrix find difficult about farm life?

6. What inspired Beatrix's story, "Roly-Poly Pudding"?

7. Where did Beatrix settle her mother after her father's death?

8. What does Lane note Beatrix's stories lacked?

9. What side projects did Beatrix pass her time with when she was not at her farm?

10. What does Lane say about the settings of Beatrix's stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret Beatrix Potter's canon of work. What are some common themes and motifs of the stories? Who are some of the more popular characters? Where did Beatrix gain inspiration from for the characters and settings of the books? Why were some of the stories more successful than others?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the illustrations and photographs used. Why might these particular visual aids have been chosen? What do they tell the reader about Potter? Does a story develop based on the pictures?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Beatrix's life after she married. How did her life change after she married William Heelis? Why did she stop writing? What did she become passionate about? How did her personality change?

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