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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. At the end of their first meeting, what does Charlotte agree to?

2. How does the loan Mr. Lewis gave Lt. Eldridge earn a due date?

3. On the way out of the party, whom do La Rue and her guest run into?

4. When does Montraville recognize Charlotte from?

5. What does Charlotte warn John about after she agrees to go to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John manipulate Charlotte?

2. What type of family does Henry Temple marry into?

3. What sort of note does Montraville give Charlotte?

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

5. Why does Charlotte warn John not to abandon her in America?

6. How does the military connect characters in the book?

7. What does Charlotte's wavering in seeing John again foreshadow?

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

9. How does money become an immediate symbol in the novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the concern over money damage characters and relationships?

Essay Topic 2

What role does irony play in "Charlotte Temple"? When and where does it appear throughout the novel, who does it affect, and do any of the characters see the irony in their situations? Do you believe the author's use or irony was intentional?

Essay Topic 3

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

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