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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. Who does Emma believe the riddle was meant for?

2. Who asks Emma for the privilege of the first two dances at this ball?

3. Who gives Emma a riddle?

4. What fear does Mr. Churchill confide in Emma before he leaves?

5. Who is having a party but fails to send the Woodhouses an invitation along with ones sent to the other families in Highbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Emma want to pair with her neighbor, Mr. Elton, in a matchmaking attempt?

2. With whom does Emma leave the Randalls party?

3. What caused Mr. Weston's first marriage to be an unhappy one?

4. Why does Mr. Churchill abruptly leave Highbury? How does this make Emma feel?

5. What does Mr. Churchill do that causes Emma to rethink her opinion of him? How does it affect Mr. Knightley's opinion of Mr. Churchill?

6. What is Emma's initial reaction to Mr. Churchill?

7. Who does Emma believe the anonymous benefactor of a pianoforte for Miss Fairfax is?

8. Why does Mr. Churchill cancel his plans to visit the Westons? Why is Mrs. Weston upset by this?

9. What long awaited visitor finally arrives in Highbury?

10. Who does Harriet run into in town and later invites Harriet to have tea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the Coleses? Why are they having a party? Why is the Woodhouses' invitation to the party delayed? How does Emma feel about this delay? How does Mr. Woodhouse feel about the delay? Why does Mr. Woodhouse refuse to attend the party? Why does Emma choose to go? How does this reflect the idea of social status that influences the actions of many characters in this novel? What happens at the party? How are these events significant to the development of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss matchmaking. Who is the matchmaker in this novel? How does this person go about matching people together? Do these schemes work? How does this person know who to match and how they feel about one another? Is their more than one matchmaker in the novel? Is so, who is the other matchmaker? How is this person's matchmaking different from the other character's matchmaking? Who is more successful? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Harriet? How do Harriet and Emma become friends? Who are Harriet's parents? Are their identity important to Harriet? Why or why not? Who does Harriet fall in love with? Why does Harriet go along with Emma's scheme to match Harriet to Mr. Elton? Does Harriet love Mr. Elton? Why does Harriet come to believe no man will ever love her? Whose fault is this? Does Harriet ever find love? How?

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