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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. What happens between Ted and his nurse?

2. Who did Rosie think Ted would marry rather than Amy?

3. What does Rosie say will happen in a hundred years?

4. How does William once describe Rosie?

5. What does William do in the evenings while living at Vincent Square?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Isabel Trafford.

2. Describe Roy's relationship with the Traffords.

3. What does William think about the House of Lords and how he would assign rank within literature?

4. Describe how William encounters Rosie in New York?

5. Briefly describe how William and Rosie's relationship continues.

6. Describe Ted's response to the fact that Rosie leaves him.

7. Why does Ted buy the house he buys and what does Amy do despite Ted fighting her about it?

8. What does William discover about Ted and his parties and how is this demonstrated by Isabel Trafford?

9. What is Rosie's response to William's sulkiness about Kuyper and other men?

10. Describe Isabel's work on Ted's behalf.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, when William is thinking back to the one time he meets Amy he remembers Amy is anxious that William not stir up painful old memories in the frail old man. On the ride back, Hodmarsh defends Amy as a sacrificial caregiver. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the motives behind Amy not wanting to stir up memories in Ted? Do you believe her motives are completely concerned only with getting Ted upset?

2. Why do you think Lady Hodmarsh feels the need to defend Amy as a "sacrificial caregiver?" Could Amy have more than one motive to prompt her to be a "sacrificial caregiver"? What reasons might Amy have for devoting her every minute as Ted's caregiver?

3. Amy wants Roy to sanitize Ted's life in the biography he is writing. What do you think are her motives? Are they understandable and justifiable?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, over dinner, the Vicar announces that the Driffields have bolted to London, abandoning their debts. Discuss the following:

1. How do Mary-Ann and Rosie's view of abandoning their debt coincide? Do you agree with their point of view? See chapter 13 for Rosie's point of view about the debt.

2. What do you think it says about the Driffields that they flee debts accrued? Do you think the fact that the debts are in a small town by small merchants changes the morality of it? Why or why not?

3. By the time Ted has been married to Amy for a while, William notes that Amy has reformed him from being a Bohemian. What is a Bohemian? Are Bohemians less reputable than a "normal" person? Would a Bohemian be more likely to abandon his/her debt? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Cakes and Ale, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur. Did you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Cakes and Ale. How do you think Cakes and Ale be different if this were about the life of working class people rather than artists?

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