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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. Why does Jack pull of the road on the way to take Benny to Knockglen?

2. What is Simon's response when Nan says they should marry?

3. Who does Lilly think her son Jack is inviting to lunch?

4. What does Kit not know about her son Jack?

5. Where does Nan tell her mother she is going while she is packing her bag?

Short Essay Questions

1. What foils Nan's plans to tell Jack she is pregnant at Eve's cottage?

2. What does Emily find in Nan's room that indicates her ambition to join high society?

3. What is Jacks suggestion to Benny when they can go around together in Dublin?

4. How does Benny get home to Knockglen after the news arrives that her father has died?

5. What do Benny and Annabel learn about the lawyer?

6. How does Sean manipulate an invitation to the Hogan's house for Christmas?

7. What is the exchange between Jack and Benny the morning after Jack took Nan to a dance?

8. How does Jack show his naivety after being at the cottage three times with Nan?

9. What is the meeting like at the cafe when Kit and Joseph are there?

10. What advice of Nan's does Benny use to dissuade her father from walking her to Eve's party and coming to collect her later?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the Symbolism of the Cottage in Circle of Friends. (1) How does the cottage symbolize permanence for Eve? (2) How does it symbolize security for Heather? (3) How does the cottage symbolize betrayal? Go into detail with these three points by pointing to passages from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Resentment and Anger. Use the character of Eve in three aspects--first, her resentment and anger at the Westward family; second, her growing suspicion of Nan; and third, her anger directed at Nan over what she did to Benny and the fact that she did it in her cottage.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Simon Westward's Money Problems. Discuss the two sides of Simon--his willingness to help Eve with her tuition money and Heather's obvious affection for him as contrasted with his dalliance with Nan while still pursuing the English widow in order to get the money to save his family's estate. Conclude with an observation about how financial problems often affect the personality of the people who have them.

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