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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. Who does Edith go shopping with?

2. What are Edith's two past times?

3. Why has Monica's husband sent her away to stay at the hotel?

4. How does Iris treat Jennifer in general?

5. What does Monica tell Edith about how Mme. de Bonneuil's feels about her son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a woman that would be considered a hare by Edith.

2. What does Monica tell Edith about Mme. de Bonnevil and her son?

3. Why is Edith at the hotel in the beginning of the book?

4. Edith describes the time that she spent with David in Chapter 2. What does Edith say about this and how it always ends?

5. How did Edith meet David?

6. What is the Hotel du Lac known for?

7. Why does Edith hear a scream from the Pusey room?

8. Why does Edith not take all of the clothes out of her luggage when unpacking?

9. Why is Iris visibly upset when Edith sees her in the dining room after working on her novel?

10. What about the relationship between Iris and Jennifer is Edith jealous about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write your opinion of this book. Did you like it? Why or why not? Did it hold your interest? Was it slow moving? What was your favorite part? What would you have liked to see go differently?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on all the ways that Edith feels her life will change if she marries Mr. Neville. How does she feel that her life will change socially? Where will she live? How will being married change the way that she feels about herself?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think that Mr. Neville chose Edith for his proposal when he was having relations with Jennifer? Now that you have read the entire book, what do you think the commotion really was in Jennifer's bedroom in Chapter 10? Explain how the commotion really went, including the important details that the author left out in Chapter10.

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