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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. How do Mordecai and Mirah react when they first see each other?

2. Where does Grandcourt want Gwendolyn's family to live?

3. What does Sir Hugo begin calling Gwendolyn?

4. Who follows Mirah home one day?

5. How does Grandcourt react to how Gwendolyn is talking to Daniel at the Abbey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Mordecai's mother share a special bonded with his younger sister?

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

4. Before she confides in him, what does Daniel surmise about Gwendolyn's knowledge of Lydia?

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

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

7. What kind of wedding ceremony do Daniel and Mirah have?

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

9. What does Sir Hugo think about Gwendolyn and Daniel after Grandcourt passes away?

10. What does Daniel's mother tell him about her heritage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using supporting text from the book, write an essay discussing whether Gwendolyn should have married Grandcourt.

Essay Topic 2

What literary devices does Eliot use to convey traits about two characters (of your choosing) within the first scene of the story? Thinking about the way that Eliot uses characters, foreshadowing, and dialogue, describe how those devices help the reader learn more about the characters, as well as what is going to happen later in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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