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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 was in the separate room in the attic?

2. What does Garland say was the reason Corinne left?

3. What did Malcolm attempt to get Olivia to do?

4. Olivia compared the people at her reception to what animal?

5. How did Malcolm feel about musicians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Olivia's nervousness affect her?

2. What did Malcolm do that upset and embarrassed Olivia?

3. What had Malcolm's mother done and what explanation did he offer for her behavior?

4. How did Olivia feel when she had awakened?

5. How did Malcolm react to the news that Olivia couldn't have any more children after Joel?

6. What lived in the shadows of Malcolm Foxworth? How did this news affect Olivia?

7. In what way did Malcolm come on to Alicia?

8. What comparisons do the household staff make in regards to Olivia and Alicia?

9. What both intrigued and dismayed Olivia about the library?

10. How was Garland and Alicia's love obvious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Malcolm's frugal nature. When was his frugality forgotten and for what purpose? Explain how his stingy nature everywhere else in his life led Malcolm to financial success, and how beautiful women could be considered as his financial downfall or his vice.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the deaths of Mal and Joel. What possible reasons might the author have had for killing them both off? How did their deaths affect the final outcome of the story, if at all?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the high society people who attend Malcolm's parties. How do they treat Olivia? Suggest reasons for this treatment. How does this same society react to Corinne?

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