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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 Aunt Ada Doom want for breakfast on the day of the wedding?

2. What do Richard and Elfine announce at the end of the evening?

3. What book does Flora consult for advice?

4. What does Adam do?

5. How is the church decorated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actually produces an emotional response from Flora (as opposed to her usual practical nature) and how does Flora deal with the situation?

2. What does Harkaway tell Flora and what is her response?

3. What is ironic about the scene with Urk and Miriam?

4. What might be the symbolizes of the lights being on when Seth, Elfine and Flora return to Cold Comfort Farm from the ball?

5. What is the significance of the sukebind?

6. What does Flora ask Aunt Ada Doom about Flora's father and what is the answer?

7. What do you think it says about Dick that he has decided to ask Elfine to marry him after she has made herself gorgeous?

8. How do you think the situation with Flora and the bull is symbolic of Flora with the lives of the Starkadders?

9. What is the parallel between Flora and Mr. Neck?

10. How is Aunt Ada Doom's manipulative efforts symbolic of the change that is occurring to the Starkadder clan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 3 gives an overview of Cold Comfort Farm and some of the main characters of the farm. Discuss the following:

1. What is a Gothic Novel? Give examples.

2. Though COLD COMFORT FARM is not fully a Gothic Novel, what elements in the novel are ones you might find in a Gothic novel? Give examples.

3. Do you think the Gothic elements in the novel add to the novel's purpose? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The characters are more important in this novel than the actual storyline. Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare and contrast Flora Poste from who she seems to be at the beginning of the novel versus who she is at the end of the novel.

2. Compare and contrast Seth and Reuben.

3. Compare and contrast Elfine and Miriam.

Essay Topic 3

In chapter four, rural suspicion and urban sophistication collide as Flora arrives on the farm. Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare and contrast the rural elements of the novel to the urban sophistication of Flora and her friends.

2. Discuss the ways Flora gradually gets most of the Starkadder's to trust her and to lay aside their suspicion.

3. Which characters are most likely to discard their rural mannerisms and become more a part of urbanity? Which are least likely? Give examples.

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