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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 Julian announce to Mildred and Winifred at Mildred's apartment?

2. When Mildred runs into Julian after her lunch with Allegra, how does he act?

3. How does Mildred feel while her friends are gone?

4. When Rocky visits Mildred and talks about Italy, what offhand comment does he make?

5. How does Julian react when he sees Rocky in Mildred's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. After speaking with Miss Clovis, what does Mildred discuss with Winifred?

2. What do Everard and Mildred do after he meets her at her office, and what does Everard tell Mildred during this time?

3. For their annual holiday, where do Mildred and Dora go and what do they do?

4. What does Allegra tell Mildred while they are having lunch?

5. Who arrives at Mildred's apartment on evening overwrought and soaking wet?

6. Describe Mildred's dinner with Everard's mother.

7. What argument does Allegra and Winifred have in regards to flowers?

8. What does Rocky ask Mildred in a letter and how does Mildred react?

9. What does Helena tell Mildred while they have tea together during Mildred's holiday?

10. Where does Rocky go, and what task does he leave Mildred to take care of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the church in Mildred's life. Why is it important to her? What does the church provide for Mildred besides a location for worship? How does Mildred's background relate to the church?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of repression in the novel Excellent Women. Who is repressed and why? How does the social repression of women affect the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss marriage in Excellent Women. How is marriage viewed by the characters in the novel. What does marriage have to do with the issues that Mildred faces? What are Mildred's views on marriage? How does the author portray marriage in the novel?

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