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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. In Chapter 2, what is the date?

2. How tall is Chris Clarke?

3. What did Chris Clarke do before he became the PM's director of communications?

4. How long has Brian Tyalor been Kate's clerk in 2016?

5. In Chapter 11, who are in the public gallery of Court Two of the Old Bailey with Sophie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kate describe the makeup of the jury for James' trial?

2. What was public school like for Holly?

3. What career did Sophie have, and why did she not pursue it?

4. In Chapter 5, what case is Kate reviewing?

5. How does Olivia describe what happened on May 16?

6. How does Sophie go to the courtroom where James' trial is held in Chapter 14?

7. How does Sophie describe James when she sees him in Chapter 11 when she is in the public gallery of Court Two of the Old Bailey?

8. In Chapter 6, how does James spend time with Tom early in the morning?

9. In Chapter 4, what does James remember about his relationship with Sophie before they married and about affairs after they married?

10. In Chapter 1, what shoes does Kate wear and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Anatomy of a Scandal? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Vaughan uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Vaughan use artistic license to create the realistic background of Anatomy of a Scandal?

Essay Topic 3

Justice should punish the guilty and protect the innocent. What does justice have to do with Kate becoming a lawyer? How is her identity tied to justice?

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