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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 are Lt. John Montraville and Belcour doing in Chichester?

2. Why did Lt. Eldridge borrow money from Mr. Lewis?

3. Why does Belcour waylay La Rue?

4. Where is Eldridge sent when he cannot repay Lewis' loan?

5. How does Eldridge react to George's efforts at helping him with Lewis's loan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Charlotte so ecstatic over the note Du Pont gives her from her parents?

2. What internal struggle does John immediately have concerning Charlotte?

3. Why would Henry discharge Eldridge's debt?

4. Why would Rowson intend this book for "sober matrons" daughters?

5. Why is Charlotte's family history important?

6. How is Charlotte's youth and inexperience shown through her actions?

7. How does La Rue bully Charlotte one more time before they begin traveling to America?

8. Why does Lucy pray to God for Charlotte?

9. What can readers infer about Mlle La Rue from her activities of flirting at church and her behavior at a "cousin's" house?

10. How does the setting contribute to the tone of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of person is Mrs. Beauchamp? Does she help Charlotte because of kindness or to benefit her reputation?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the chapter title, "Which People Void of Feeling Need Not Read"?

Essay Topic 3

Does Harry Temple's character--or the reader's perception of his character--change at all throughout the novel? If so, how and why? If not, why would the author keep him a static character?

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