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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. Thomasina is ___________________.

2. Brice claims that as a tutor, Septimus must __________________________.

3. Where are the game books kept?

4. Septimus' reply to the letter is _____________________________.

5. Thomasina delivers a letter from ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Thomasina's character.

2. Why does Bernard cover his face before the photograph is taken for the newspaper?

3. What does Septimus' dialogue reveal about his character?

4. What question does Bernard repeatedly ask throughout his reading?

5. What information does Bernard seek at Sidley Park?

6. What mistake has Bernard made in researching the letters he found in Byron's book?

7. Why does Augustus join in Thomasina's drawing lesson?

8. What has Hannah found for Bernard?

9. What has Chloe's mother done to help Bernard?

10. What effect does Hannah's discovery about Chater have on Bernard's article?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stoppard's play explores classical and romantic understanding in several situations. Write an essay in which you determine whether Stoppard seems to favor one of these schools of thought over the other. Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "A man is related to all nature." Considering the descriptions of the garden before and after its transformation, write an essay in which you consider how man's experience or progress is reflected in the nature at Sidley Park. Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the opposing motifs of chaos and order in the play. In an essay, describe any two examples of the motifs of chaos and order in Stoppard's play, and describe the contribution these motifs make to the overall meaning of "Arcadia."

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