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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 Mirah's father teach her when she is young?
2. What does Gwendolyn's uncle think of the waltz?
3. What does Mordecai ask Daniel when they first meet one another?
4. Why does Gwendolyn end up dancing with Grandcourt at the ball?
5. What does Grandcourt tell Gwendolyn upon arriving home after being married?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Mr. Lush against the idea of marriage between Gwendolyn and Grandcourt?
2. What does Anna think that her life will be like when Rex is first mentioned in the novel?
3. How does Mrs. Davilow respond to Gwendolyn's question about illegitimate children?
4. What does Daniel tell Sir Hugo about Grandcourt's reaction to the proposed settlement?
5. What does Grandcourt think that he needs to do in order to gain Gwendolyn's forgiveness as he learns that Gwendolyn has left town before he has had the opportunity to propose?
6. How does Gwendolyn react when she enters her family's new rented house in Offendene?
7. How does Hans Meyrick's family feel about Daniel?
8. What are the two reasons that Gwendolyn regrets losing her money gambling?
9. In contrast to what she originally believed, what does Mirah quickly learn about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?
10. How does Gwendolyn feel about Grandcourt after the ball?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using specific text throughout your essay, compare and contrast the characters of Anna and Gwendolyn.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss at least three reasons why a female author would write under a male pen name and what influence if any, the reasons would have on the reader.
Essay Topic 3
Gambling makes several appearances in the novel. Analyze at least two scenes in which gambling appears, and discuss 1) what function it serves in the plot; 2) what the reader learns about at least one character involved in the scene; and 3) what message Eliot is trying to convey to the reader by including gambling instead of another activity at that point in the novel.
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