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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 Daniel learn about his father?

2. Where does Daniel's mother want to meet him?

3. Who does Gwendolyn want to connect with while at the Abbey?

4. Who informs Rex and Anne that Grandcourt has drowned?

5. Where does Daniel have to travel to retrieve his family chest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gwendolyn react to Grandcourt being upset about how she conducts herself around Daniel?

2. Where does Mordecai take Daniel before he tells him his life story?

3. What does Mordecai predict will happen after Mirah first gives her father money?

4. What important financial news does Grandcourt make Lush tell Gwendolyn?

5. How do the Cohens react when Daniel and Mordecai tell them that Mordecai will be leaving them to go live with his long-lost sister?

6. How does Daniel's mother misrepresent Daniel's identity to her servants?

7. Why had Daniel's mother marry so quickly?

8. What does Sir Hugo confess to Daniel about his reason for keeping Daniel's parentage in secret for so long?

9. Why does Gwendolyn keep up public appearances that her marriage is a happy one?

10. Why does Daniel think that Hans' love for Mirah will not result in a long-lasting relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwendolyn has a pattern of convincing herself out of responsibility for certain actions, as well from choices she makes that have negative or harsh consequences. Given that pattern of hers, discuss why Gwendolyn is actually completely at fault for Grandcourt's death, using the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific text throughout your essay, compare and contrast the characters of Anna and Gwendolyn.

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