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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. About what do Newland and Ellen talk?

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

3. Newland learns that all New York society thinks he and ______________ are lovers.

4. What does Newland begin to tell May when they return home?

5. What is the content of a message Newland receives from May?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ellen's unconventional behavior ultimately rationalized by friends and family?

2. Why is May hesitant about attending a dinner party while on the honeymoon trip in Europe?

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

4. How do Newland and Ellen decide to manage their situation?

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

6. How does Newland find Ellen in Boston?

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

8. What is Newland's reaction when Ellen tells him they cannot run away together?

9. What do Newland and Ellen agree to do while they are about to leave the art museum?

10. What deceitful behavior does Newland exhibit in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Newland choose not to visit Ellen at the end of the story? What is the significance of the blinds on Ellen's apartment shutting as Newland watches the window from below? What is Newland's mood as the story ends?

Essay Topic 2

What does the class system provide for the people in the story? Why is it necessary?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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