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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 long is the party where Elizabeth meets Ian meant to last?

2. Which of the following activities is Jake most concerned with during the weekend at his home?

3. When Elizabeth arrives at the meeting place and finds Ian there, what does she think he has come to do?

4. How is Ian related to the town vicar?

5. After re-inviting Elizabeth back into the home after their argument, how does Ian treat her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth react when she realizes that her traveling group has left without her?

2. How does Elizabeth trick Sir Frances Belhaven into thinking that she is not marriage material?

3. How does Elizabeth respond to being invited to the woodcutter's cottage with Ian?

4. What does the mysterious note that Elizabeth receives tell her to do?

5. How does Elizabeth's friend, Alex, react when Elizabeth's uncle arranges three dates for her with three different suitors?

6. What fact does Lucinda overhear when she is eavesdropping on Ian's conversations?

7. What happens during the duel between Ian and Robert?

8. What does Ian accuse Elizabeth of when he meets her at the greenhouse?

9. What do Elizabeth and Ian discuss over their first meal together in the cottage?

10. Why is Elizabeth in danger of losing her home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elizabeth had many accomplices in her eventful relationship with Ian. Choose two of these characters and describe their roles in ensuring that Ian and Elizabeth end up together. Then, compare / contrast the way they felt about Elizabeth pursuing a man rather than the other way around. Do you think the relationship between Elizabeth and Ian would have survived had it not been for the meddling of these characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Gossip is used as a way to both ruin and repair Elizabeth's reputation in high society. First, create a list of rumors that are spread about Elizabeth throughout the course of the novel. Then, choose one scene in which gossip is used for good, and one scene in which gossip is used for ill, and compare / contrast the ways this gossip affected Elizabeth's life. What do you think is McNaught's overarching message about gossip in this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Ian's relationship with his grandfather, the Duke of Stanhope, is a strained one. First, explain what Ian's relationship with his grandfather was like before he met Elizabeth. Then, compare / contrast that the relationship he had with his grandfather after he met Elizabeth. What was the catalyst to the change in this relationship? By the end of the novel, do you think Ian regrets reaching out to his grandfather again? Why or why not?

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