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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. How old is Jane in Book 1, Chapter X?

2. Where do Pearce's adoptive parents have properties?

3. How old is Sylvie in Book 1, Chapter I?

4. What color are Byron's eyes?

5. In Book 1, Chapter X, how long ago did Sylvie hope that Juliette and Lucien would marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucien want his mother to do for Rosalie?

2. What conversation does Lucien have with Rosalie after Jane swims naked in the pond?

3. How are Tuesdays a day of observance?

4. What does Juliette tell Jane when she leaves her with the Guilberts?

5. How does Jane come to stay with the Guilberts?

6. Why does Madame Sylvie have a conversation with Pearce in Book 2, Chapter XVIII?

7. What is Lucien's financial situation?

8. What does Thisbe wake up to after nearly drowing in the pond, and how does she feel?

9. Who does Sylvie believe that Claude Le Brun is?

10. Why do Marie and Louise not tell anyone that they think Byron and Pearce are sleeping together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jane is a tomboy. What gender roles does Jane ignore? Why does she not fit into society?

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Lucien’s character? Why could he be considered to be amoral?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in A Sitting in St. James? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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