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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. Kuriatin calls asking Frank to have dinner with him at what very noisy tea-room?
2. Whom is Nellie living with when she meets Frank in Norbury?
3. When she met Frank, Nellie was soon to take a qualifying exam for what position?
4. Subsequent to his initial apprenticeship, where does Frank transfer to?
5. Frank informs Selwyn about Miss Kinsman, mainly to check what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is it that Frank learns the reason why in Chapter 26 the Defense Ministry not only releases him from responsibility for Volodya, but also encourages him to depart Russia at his earliest opportunity?
2. What concerns Frank following Mitya's party?
3. Why does Frank not give his address to Miss Kinsman?
4. What are some ways Penelope Fitzgerald shows Frank knows how to deal with Russians?
5. What does Frank do after they leave the Defense Ministry that apparently prompts Volodya to suggest they forgive each other, and how does Frank initially respond?
6. What is an interesting contrast between Frank Reid and Selwyn Crane?
7. What are the two curious questions that Frank and Lisa ask each other during his interview of her for the position of governess?
8. What is it Frank can see in Chapter 24 regarding the impression Volodya has made upon Lisa?
9. Where does Frank encounter Reverend Graham?
10. What is it Selwin seeks to tell Frank at Rusalochka's, but is hesitant to do so in front of Kuriatin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Before Lisa has even arrived for her first day of employment at the Reid home Kuriatin imparts what Frank believes is a comment on his hiring her. What is it that Kuriatin relates, and how does Frank regard it? What is it that Tvyordov does that is similar? How does Frank view what Tvyordov does? What concerns Frank?
Essay Topic 2
What is the primary objective Charlie seeks in coming to Moscow? In what ways does Charlie attempt to achieve this goal? Once he departs in his return to Norbury, how do Frank and his children feel?
Essay Topic 3
Critical in Chapter 12 are the feelings Frank has toward Lisa. How does Penelope Fitzgerald accomplish revealing the state Frank finds himself in? What is the capability Frank has in recognizing and dealing with his instinctive emotions?
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