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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. How does Charles explain himself to Sam?

2. In the Victorian ending, what becomes of Mrs. Poulteney?

3. What does Charles do when Sam comes into his room the following morning?

4. Where does Charles go after leaving Sarah?

5. Where does the cab deliver Charles and the prostitute?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Sarah finds life in Exeter.

2. Explain the significance of Sarah's only smile at Mrs. Poulteney after she questions the old lady's relationship to God.

3. What actions does Charles take after leaving the Endicott Family Hotel?

4. Explain Mr. Freeman's contradictory feelings about aristocracy.

5. After Charles cannot locate Sarah, even with private detectives, what action does he take?

6. Why does Charles not keep his distance from Sarah in her hotel rooms?

7. Describe Charles' actions after leaving the Freeman mansion.

8. What effect does Charles' gift to Ernestina have on her, even after she is upset that he did not bring flowers?

9. Why does Sarah, the prostitute, put her clothes back on?

10. What transpires with Charles and his friends at the club?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Draw a relationship between the fossils Charles lookesfor and the Victorian society. Do you think Knowles uses the fossils as a metaphor for the petrified nature of the social and religious norms of that time? Explain your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about whether you would like to have lived in the Victorian era. Explain your reasons. (Hint: if there is no royalty in your family tree, you cannot choose to live during that time as a duke or duchess.)

Essay Topic 3

Using the characters Charles, Ernestina, and Sarah, write a short-short story set in the 21st century about a broken engagement. Use the title, "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned." Will your story be much different from the broken engagement in The French Lieutenant's Woman?

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