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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 Newland hear about the business trip the next day at the office?

2. What does Newland tell May after the party?

3. Where do Newland and May spend the summer following their wedding?

4. What does Ellen promise Newland?

5. What is Newland's decision about the horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Newland find Ellen in Boston?

2. What event occurs to alter Newland's Washington travel plans?

3. What was Newland's plan for running away with Ellen?

4. What is Mr. Riviere's opinion about Ellen returning to her husband?

5. What is the news that finally thwarts Newland and Ellen's ever being together?

6. What is Newland's plan in spite of a big going away party for Ellen?

7. How does Newland respond while traveling in Europe and receiving an invitation to visit Ellen at her home?

8. What is the state of Newland and May's marriage and family twenty-five-years after Ellen returns to Europe?

9. What is the irony of Newland seeing Mr. Riviere when he returns to New York?

10. How does the author show that Newland and May are settling into a boring, routine marriage.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Newland become a champion for Ellen? What does it say about her personality? What does it say about his?

Essay Topic 2

What is the van der Lydens' role in New York society? Where do they fit on the class pyramid? Why do they wield so much power?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Newland's perception of May evolves as he has more exposure to Ellen. How does Newland come to view May during their honeymoon trip? Why?

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