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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 will happen to La Rue if she is caught sneaking out?

2. Why does Henry discharge Eldridge's debt?

3. Why does Montraville bribe a school teacher?

4. At the end of their first meeting, how does Charlotte respond to John?

5. Who is Henry Temple?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Temples' plans for a birthday party for Charlotte build suspense?

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

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

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

5. Why is Charlotte's family history important?

6. What internal struggles does Charlotte develop concerning John and La Rue?

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

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

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

10. Why does La Rue urge Charlotte to read Montraville's note requesting a meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? Does she have motives that would encourage lying?

Essay Topic 2

How is "Charlotte Temple" typical of the genre of a seduction novel?

Essay Topic 3

What is the strongest theme in the novel?

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