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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. When was Malcolm to return that evening?

2. What did Olivia's father buy her when she was a little girl?

3. What is Malcolm's father's bride to Olivia?

4. What was the name of the retired Sunday School teacher?

5. Why shouldn't Olivia feel subordinate to Malcolm's father's new wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why hadn't Malcolm taken a wife?

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

3. What was important about the dress that Olivia selected to wear at her wedding?

4. How did Olivia feel when she had awakened?

5. What had Olivia been certain about in regards to the attic?

6. What did Olivia have to fight Malcolm over?

7. How did Mal's birth revive Olivia's hopes for love? What actually occurred?

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

9. What news came by way of Malcolm to Olivia?

10. How did the guests make Olivia feel at her reception?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the governess to young Corinne as a form of early education. What are the purposes of such practices? What difference do they make to the upbringing of a child? Suggest reasons for this.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Although Malcolm knows that he is playing favorites by spoiling Corinne and not his boys, he refuses to treat the three children equally. What reasons might he have for this behavior, and what motivates it? How does his behavior influence Corinne?

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