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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 kind of world does Jean accuse Rose of living in?

2. What did Jean study at university?

3. What kind of marriages does Jean's father disapprove of?

4. What does Violet ask her daughter to sell?

5. What does Lily think Rose regards her as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jean decide to leave Duncan for the second time?

2. Why are the group worried about Jean?

3. How do Crimond and Jean plan to kill themselves?

4. What does Gerard and Crimond discuss during their meeting about Crimond's book?

5. Why does Violet oppose Gideon and Pat's proposal to adopt her daughter?

6. What reason does Crimond give for alienating his Oxford friends?

7. How do Duncan and Jean reconcile?

8. Why do Gideon and Pat want to adopt Tamar?

9. What is Gulliver and Lily's relationship at the beginning?

10. What happens at Lily's house when first Tamar and then Gulliver visits her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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