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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. After the cold water plunge, what happens to Sue's memory?
2. How does Maud get Sue to make love to Maud?
3. Who visits Sue in the asylum?
4. How does Richard make it seem that he and Maud are making love?
5. To whom does Mr. Hawtrey compare Maud?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe Sue's experience in the insane asylum.
2. What does Sue learn when she observes Lant house from across the street and how does she react to this information?
3. What happens when Richard, Maud and Sue are out on the grounds and Richard observes Maud watching Sue sleep?
4. Describe Maud and Sue's first interaction.
5. What does Maud think about as she readies for her escape from Briar?
6. Describe Maud and Richard's wedding night.
7. What changes Maud during the night after the outing and what does Maud do about it?
8. What are the key developments in this chapter?
9. What is Mrs. Sucksby's reaction to Maud's return?
10. What does Maud learn when she demands to know where she is when arriving at Mrs. Sucksby's house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sue's journey back to Briar is made in the light. Maud has scraped the paint from the windows of the library to let in the light. In the light of the fire, truth has at last conquered the darkness and fog of ignorance.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. Do you think the truth will always come out in life? Why or why not?
3. Do you think light and truth will always conquer darkness? Does good always triumph? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The reader begins to see the gloved hands as symbolic of the cocoon of isolation and control in which Maud has been wrapped by her uncle. They become symbolic of her innocence.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. Do you think anyone in modern America could be conned the way Maud is being conned? Why or why not?
3. How much blame for what is happening, and will happen to Maud, do you think should be assigned to her uncle? Explain your answer.
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