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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 do Sue and Maud pack for the trip?

2. What card falls out when Sue is telling Maud her fortune?

3. Who cuts open Maud's bag to examine the contents?

4. How does Maud get Sue to make love to Maud?

5. Why does Maud find it difficult to look at Sue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard suggest to Mr. Lilly that Richard teach Maud to paint?

2. What does Sue say to Maud the first night she is in the bed with Maud and what is Maud's reaction?

3. How does Sue begin her return to sanity and eventual escape?

4. Describe the murder of Richard.

5. What does Maud think about as she readies for her escape from Briar?

6. How does Maud react to being at the house on Lant Street and how does Richard react to Maud's accusations?

7. Describe Maud and Richard's wedding night.

8. How is Sue's experience at the insane asylum similar to that of Maud at her uncle's house?

9. Why is it ironic that Maud eats and drinks at Mrs. Sucksby's house?

10. When Richard returns from London, what must Maud commit herself to doing in the time left before her escape?

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

It is at this critical juncture that Sue realizes that she, not Maud, has been the pigeon in Richard's plans.

1. Some might call this twist in fate for Sue "poetic justice." Do you think that is true? Why or why not?

2. Do you think the turn of events, Sue being the dupe and Maud the manipulator, changes your view of both characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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