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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 does Flora decline?
2. How much money per year do her parents leave her?
3. What has Flora been doing in the last three days?
4. How does Flora decide to answer Seth?
5. With whom is Flora going to stay temporarily?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Aunt Ada Doom keep talking about and what's your "take" on this?
2. Give a brief description of Cold Comfort Farm.
3. What does Judith tell Adam and what does this suggest about Cold Comfort Farm?
4. Briefly characterize each of the main Starkadders introduced in Chapter 3.
5. What is the meaning of the word parody?
6. If you were Miriam and had just delivered a baby, how would you feel about being asked to go wash curtains? Do you think this scene could have any other significance?
7. What does Mrs. Beetle tell Flora about her grandchildren and what is Flora's reaction?
8. Describe what Flora learns at her first breakfast at Cold Comfort Farm. What do you think might pique Flora's interest in what she learns?
9. How does Adam try to get out of picking up Flora and what is the outcome?
10. What does Flora learn about Seth and how does she plan to use this information?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If there is a manipulator, there has to be those who are manipulated. Discuss the following:
1. What are some of the ways Aunt Ada Doom manipulates her family? Give specific examples.
2. Why do you think the family allows themselves to be manipulated? Discuss several of the main characters specifically.
3. Why is Aunt Ada Doom not able to manipulate Flora Poste? Why does Aunt Ada Doom believe she cannot manipulate Flora?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 6, Flora meets Miriam, whose character parodies works by writers such as D.H. Lawrence who expounded on sexuality in nature. Discuss the following:
1. What is the naturalism view on sexuality in nature? Describe how Miriam's character exhibits this concept.
2. How else does this theme manifest in the book? Give examples.
3. Do you think Miriam's nature is transformed or will it stay the same in her marriage to Urk? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Just as COLD COMFORT FARM is a parody of naturalistic literature, so Mr. "Mybug" (Meyerburg) is a parody of the smug literary writer. Discuss the following:
1. Discuss Mr. "Mybug's" character fully. Is he a likeable character? A sympathetic character? Does he change?
2. How do you think Meyerburg's discussion of sexuality in nature adds to the novel as a parody of naturalism in literature? Discuss specific examples.
3. What do you think of Mr. Meyerburg's thesis about Branwell Bronte? Do you think there is any validity to his assertions? Why or why not? (This may require a little research into the Bronte family).
4. Does Meyerburg's literary aspirations create more or less respect for him as a character? Why or why not?
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