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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 Mildred agree to help with when she arrives at the Malorys?

2. On their way home from the school event, who do Dora and Mildred meet?

3. What was Mildred's father's occupation?

4. Where do Rocky and Mildred sit at the Learned Society?

5. Why does Mildred go to the Malory house in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mildred see at Piccadilly?

2. Why does Mildred leave the Malorys after helping with the curtains?

3. What do the Malorys decide about their house?

4. Who does Mildred go on her annual lunch date with, and what do they talk about?

5. Who is Everard Bone?

6. What does Mildred discuss with the Malorys while having dinner with them?

7. What does Mildred do during her time at the Learned Society?

8. What does Mildred tell the reader about her childhood?

9. What do Mildred and Dora learn from a Wren officer on the way home from a school reunion?

10. Describe Mildred Lathbury.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the humor in the novel Excellent Women. What types of humor does Pym employ? What effect does this have on the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of loneliness in the novel Excellent Women. Who is lonely and why? How does this loneliness affect the characters and plot of the novel? What is causing this loneliness?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss irony in Excellent Women. What are some examples of irony in the novel? Why is the title itself ironic?

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