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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 does Rosie act about her and Ted leaving debts in Blackstable?
2. Who visits Ted and Amy's house while William is there?
3. What does Rosie do instead of talking a lot?
4. How does Isabel respond to Ted's marriage?
5. What does William learn from Newton one day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Driffields's neighborhood and home.
2. Describe Isabel Trafford.
3. When William visits her in Yonkers, what does Rosie reveal about her marriage to Ted and a child they had?
4. Describe Rosie's home and Rose herself.
5. Briefly describe how William and Rosie's relationship continues.
6. How does Ted meet and marry his second wife and what is Isabel Trafford's reaction?
7. Describe Ted's response to the fact that Rosie leaves him.
8. What does William say about Rosie's affairs and what are Amy and Roy's response?
9. How does William describe his visit to his former quarters and his landlady, Mrs. Hudson?
10. What are a couple things William discovers about Rosie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Titles often reveal much about one or more aspects of a novel. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think is the purpose of a title? How closely related to a major theme(s) of a book do you think a title should be? Or should it be?
2. The phrase "Cakes and Ale" appears in both Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Aesop's Fable The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. Research these two references and discuss the connection they may have to Maugham's book.
3. If you were the writer of Cake and Ale and your editor says the title must be changed, what would you choose? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Mrs. Greencourt holds a tea party attended by Mrs. Encombe, Blackstable's first "New Woman." She leads the discussion of novels that the Vicar advocates burning but some of the ladies admit enjoying. The group concludes that literature ought not deal with the vicious aspects of society. Discuss the following:
1. Describe and analyze the discussions at the tea party at Mrs. Greencourt. What is said about literature? Do you agree? Why do you think the participants say this? Do you think they agree or are afraid to be branded as coarse themselves?
2. Many of the ladies admit enjoying some of the novels that the Vicar advocates burning. Research and discuss how novels are evaluated in the mid to late Victorian era. How has the attitude towards novels changed today?
3. Discuss the idea that literature ought not deal with the vicious aspects of society. Do you agree? Why or why not? Do you think the literature of today has gone too far as to what novels will include? Why or why not.
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