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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 Gwendolyn tell her mother about her marriage to Grandcourt as time goes on?

2. Who tells Mordecai that his younger sister has been found?

3. What does Daniel think about Gwendolyn's dependence on him after Grandcourt dies?

4. Who eventually tells Daniel that Gwendolyn knows about Lydia?

5. How did Daniel's mother know Sir Hugo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. As their marriage sours, what does Grandcourt tell Gwendolyn in relation to Lush dining with them?

8. What does Grandcourt suspect about the package of diamonds that Gwendolyn has received?

9. How did Daniel's mother come to find out about him as an adult?

10. What advice does Daniel give Gwendolyn when she asks what to do if someone has wronged someone else?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Using supporting text from the book, write an essay discussing at least three reasons why Daniel should have married Gwendolyn.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the role that Herr Klesmer plays in the novel, as well as a minimum of two ways that Eliot uses his characters to fulfill that role.

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