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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 did Robert think Lady Audley would do when he confronted her with proof of her secret?

3. What event does Lady Audley suggest has caused Robert's odd behaviors?

4. Why does Lady Audley believe her secret will never be revealed?

5. What proof does Luke have to support his story of George's fall into the well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lady Audley go to Mount Stanning?

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

3. When Robert compares Clara and Alicia in his mind, who comes out on top?

4. Where does Lucy tell Robert he can find George?

5. Where does Robert eventually learn George went after leaving Essex?

6. What spurs Robert into action in the investigation of George's disappearance?

7. Why does Phoebe come to visit Lady Audley the night after Lady Audley's discussion with Robert?

8. What is the doctor's original diagnosis of Lucy Graham Audley?

9. Why does Robert visit a Mrs. Vincent?

10. What does Robert learn when he visits a badly burned Luke Marks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss symbolism as it relates to the items Phoebe and Luke find in Lady Audley's jewelry box. What is important about these items? What might they mean to Lady Audley? How do Luke and Phoebe plan to use these items to blackmail Lady Audley? Why does Lady Audley pay these blackmailers?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Lucy Graham? For whom did Lucy Graham work before her marriage to Sir Michael Audley? Why does Sir Audley's daughter, Alicia, not like the new Lady Audley? Why does the new Lady Audley have trouble making friends with other women? What does Lady Audley think of her new family? What is the nature of Lady Audley's relationship with her maid, Phoebe? Why does Lady Audley give Phoebe and her new husband, Luke Marks, a great deal of money before their marriage? What does this say about Lady Audley's character?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following themes and their importance to the overall plot of the novel:

1) Secrets

2) Family

3) Greed.

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