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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 accompanies Simon and Lily to the event ?
2. What happens to Simon Rosedale's fortune as the stock market drops?
3. Why does Lawrence Selden call Lily a coward during their walk?
4. In book 1, chapter 5, what does Lily intend to do on Sunday morning?
5. What event does George Dorset invite Lily to in book 1, chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lawrence Selden's background.
2. Compare Lawrence Selden's feelings about women with Lily's feelings about women.
3. In book 1, chapter 1, what is the reason for Lily's reaction to Lawrence Selden's suggestion that they have tea at the popular cafe as Lily waits for her train?
4. Why doesn't Lily use the letters she acquired from Mrs. Haffen to get back at Bertha Dorset?
5. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Lily describe Gerty Farish?
6. How does Lily deceive herself regarding her motives toward Percy Gryce and Lawrence Selden?
7. What are Nettie Struther's feelings toward Lily?
8. In book 2, chapter 9, how does Lawrence Selden react when Lily reprimands him for not visiting her sooner than he did?
9. After Bertha has betrays Lily, how does Lawrence Selden feel toward Lily?
10. Why does Lily believe it would be better to marry Simon Rosedale instead of George Dorset?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain one of the following themes as it is developed in The House of Mirth. Use examples from the story to explain your answer.
1) Lily's use of beauty as wealth and to gain wealth.
2) Lily's inability to judge what is appropriate and what is not in her relationships with men.
Essay Topic 2
Answer all parts.
Edith Wharton ends The House of Mirth with a word left unsaid by both Lawrence Selden and Lily.
1) What do you think that word is? Why? Use examples from the story to explain your answer.
2) If Lawrence Selden and Lily had both been able to say the word to each other, would the ending of the story have been different? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the following statement: The only difference between a falsehood and a truth is whom people choose to believe.
1) Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
2) Give examples from The House of Mirth that prove or disprove this statement.
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