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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 alibi does Alice create for Bella?
2. What does Jasper arrange that night?
3. To what does Bella reluctantly agree for Alice's sake.?
4. Why does Jacob cry out in pain?
5. Who wants to steal hunting grounds from other vampires?
Short Essay Questions
1. About what do Edward and Jacob talk?
2. What does Jasper say about the first few years of being a vampire?
3. What makes Bella insecure about the idea of turning into a vampire?
4. What does Jacob do after Bella cuts herself and what does he argue with Bella about?
5. What does Edward say about Bella becoming a vampire?
6. Why does Bella cut herself intentionally?
7. What surprises Bella about the werewolf pack and why does Jacob change back to human form?
8. Upon what does Bella insist when it's time for training and what is Edward's response?
9. Why do Jacob and Edward almost come to blows?
10. How does Jacob hear about Bella and Edward's upcoming marriage and how does he react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The book ends with plans for a wedding. This gives the reader an idea of what will happen in the next installment of the series. The reader can anticipate the struggles the young couple will face in their decision to marry so young as well as some of the dangers that might lurk for them. Bella tries to exist in a world she does not fully understand with rules that do not allow for her to survive with so much knowledge of that world.
1. Discuss some of the struggles Bella and Edward might experience with Edward having been a vampire for so long and Bella will be new to that form of life. Use examples from Eclipse and your own life to support your answer.
2. Discuss some of the struggles that Bella and Edward might experience due to the difference in their age and experience of the world. Use examples from Eclipse and your own life to support your answer.
3. Do you think Bella should wait a few years to become a vampire so that she is older and, hopefully wiser and more experienced when she makes such a decision? Why or why not? Use examples from Eclipse and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Eclipse.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Eclipse. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Eclipse. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?
2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Eclipse help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Eclipse? Why or why not.
3. Choose one specific incident in Eclipse to discuss and compare one character's response to how you think you would respond.
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