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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. Who came to the Lily Theater in September of 1940?
2. What does Edna tell Vivian is the difference between making a dress and making a costume?
3. Where does Vivian go to college for one year?
4. What does Vivian remember thinking when she saw Edna Parker Watson for the first time?
5. What does Edna tell Vivian and Celia about finding their own fashion sense and not just following trends?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Peg, Edna, and Olive first meet?
2. How did Grandmother Morris treat Vivian as she taught her how to sew?
3. When Vivian receives a letter from Angela asking what she was to Angela's father, how does Vivian decide to respond?
4. What is Olive's reaction when Peg says she wants to call Billy to help write a new play for Edna to star in?
5. In Chapter Three, what does Vivian refer to as her "perfect" New York?
6. What circumstances bring Edna Parker Watson and Arthur Watson to The Lily Playhouse?
7. In Chapter Nine, how does Vivian feel when she meets Edna Parker Watson?
8. How does Vivian spend most of her time during her one year at Vassar College?
9. In Chapter Seven, why does Celia tell Vivian to go get her cigarettes and not come back to the hotel room?
10. In Chapter Two, who meets Vivian at the train station and what is this person like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does sex mean to, or symbolize, for Vivian throughout various stages of her life as the novel progresses? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how Gilbert develops the theme of "chosen family" of friends and acquaintances through Vivian's post-WWII experiences in New York City.
Essay Topic 3
How do Frank Grecco and Vivian Morris both suffer from the shame they feel when, at different times in their lives, they have failed to live up to society's expectations about how an ideal man and woman should behave? How does Vivian's earlier disgrace help her console Frank with his shame when he is a much older man? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your analysis.
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