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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 event forces Robert to return to the investigation sooner than he expected?

2. What prompts Lady Audley to confess all to Lord Audley?

3. What item does Phoebe give to Lady Audley?

4. Why does Robert not go to the police with Lady Audley's secret?

5. Where does the item that Robert takes from Lucy Graham's former employer lead Robert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lord Audley promise to do in order to care for Robert?

2. How does Lady Audley react when Robert confronts her with all the evidence he has gathered?

3. What does Clara discover when she catches sight of Lady Audley?

4. Who does Robert find in Audley Village upon his return to Essex?

5. How does George's father react to the news that George might have been murdered? Why?

6. Why does the doctor change his mind and agree that Lucy should be institutionalized?

7. Why does Robert visit a Mrs. Vincent?

8. What suggestion does Robert make to Lady Audley in connection to George's death?

9. Why does Lady Audley go to Mount Stanning?

10. Why does George's sister follow Robert outside after he delivers the news that George has been murdered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Robert's lifestyle. What kind of life has Robert led before running into George Talboys? Why does Robert travel so much? What kind of work does Robert do? What kind of work is Robert qualified to do? Why does Clara Talboys suggest Robert change his lifestyle? Does he? What happens in their relationship after this moment? How much impact did George's ordeal have on Robert and his decision to change his lifestyle?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss family. Why does Helen Talboys desert her family, including her little boy, after her husband travels to Australia to make their fortune? Why does Captain Maldon drink away all the family's money? Why does George Talboys' father disinherit him for marrying Helen? Why does George's father not believe Robert's claim that George has been murdered? How does George's father change his tune after George is found alive and well? What accounts for this change in attitude?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. Where is the novel set? Why did the author choose this setting? In what time period is the novel set? Is this time period contemporary to the author? What impact did the author's life have on her story? How might the story have been different if set in a different place or time? What impact does the setting have on the themes of the novel?

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