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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 Gwendolyn end up dancing with Grandcourt at the ball?

2. What does Gwendolyn think that she must do if she is going to win spectacularly?

3. Who does Mrs. Davilow think is likely to be Daniels' father?

4. Where does Mirah's father take her on a trip at the time that she is at a very young age?

5. Why does Lush advise against Grandcourt proposing to Gwendolyn after Grandcourt arrives in Offendene from Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Davilow respond to Gwendolyn's question about illegitimate children?

2. What does Daniel tell his uncle right after he finds the girl at the river?

3. Why is Mr. Lush against the idea of marriage between Gwendolyn and Grandcourt?

4. What does Mirah believe about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

5. What happens when Rex tries to go hunting with Gwendolyn?

6. What is Anna like in comparison to Gwendolyn once they reach their mid-twenties?

7. What does Anna think that her life will be like when Rex is first mentioned in the novel?

8. What is Daniel's relation to Sir Hugo Mallinger?

9. How does Mirah Lapidoth introduce herself to Mrs. Meyrick?

10. Why does Mrs. Davilow think that Gwendolyn must leave home and get a job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the parenting styles of Gwendolyn's mother with those of Daniel's mother. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

The character of Rex is quite complicated. In fact, one could make an argument that he is either a man of action or a man of inaction. Using three specific examples in support from the text, write an essay stating either that Rex is a man of action; or that Rex is a man of inaction.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast at least three instances in which Gwendolyn faces inner turmoil but projects a calm, outward demeanor; and at least one literary device that Eliot uses to convey Gwendolyn's tension to the reader through each example.

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