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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 Maud do when the two of hearts falls on the floor?
2. Sue considers the benefits in question 23 to be a form of _________________.
3. How long will Richard have to wait to put his plan to elope with Maud in place?
4. What will Richard offer Sue for her agreement to participate in his and Maud's scheme?
5. When Maud returns to her room that night, what does Sue expect?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Sue's reaction to the play OLIVER TWIST and what does Mrs. Sucksby do?
2. What are the circumstances of Sue's mother's death?
3. Describe the effect of her uncle's training upon Maud.
4. What is Gentleman's plan?
5. How does Sue think of Maud while they are outside by Maud's mother's grave?
6. How does Richard prepare for committing Maud to the insane asylum?
7. What does Maud ask of Sue and how does Sue respond?
8. What is the result of the lovemaking between Sue and Maud?
9. Why does Sue tell Maud's fortune and what is Maud's reaction?
10. Briefly describe Sue's trip and arrival at Briar.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sue is now a prisoner of a dark and dismal place. As Maud's spirit was broken at Briar by her uncle and Mrs. Stiles, the housekeeper, so the doctor plans to break Sue's spirit, and her delusion, in the madhouse.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. It seems that Maud and Sue has switched places, the asylum metaphorically similar to Maud's uncle's house and Mrs. Sucksby's house where Sue thought she had a happy childhood. Do you think this switch will result in Sue becoming more like Maud and vice versus? Why or why not?
3. Do you think realistically, one would be able to maintain love for a person who did to Sue what Maud did? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Maud tries to silence Richard. Is her motive to protect Mrs. Sucksby? Is it to save Sue from the pain of knowing the true scheme and Mrs. Sucksby's indifference to her? Is it to ensure a share of Marianne Lilly's fortune that she could lose to Sue?
1. Why do you think Maud wants to silence Ricard? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. If you were Maud in this situation with Richard beginning to talk, what would you do?
3. Do you think Richard deserved to die due to his behavior and actions? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Though Maud does not yet know the extent and shape of Richard's deception, her journey through dark, winding alleys to a strange house in the slums foreshadows both the deception and the twisting developments in the final stages of implementing Richard's plan.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. How does the movement through the dark, winding alleys reflect Maud's mental or spiritual darkening?
3. How has your perception of Maud changed from the first introduction of her to her passage through the dark alleys?
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