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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 Joan think stole the first eight pages of her manuscript?
2. Who is Joan named after?
3. How does Joan react after her father tells her about her mother's death?
4. When Joan is brought home by the man who unties her from the tree, what does Joan's mother accuse her of?
5. How does Joan first meet Paul, the Polish Count?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Leda Sprott's appearance and her significance at Joan's wedding.
2. How does Arthur make it easy for Joan to continue to lie to him?
3. What are the implications of Joan sending Arthur a postcard from Rome?
4. What are some similarities between Joan and her character Charlotte?
5. Explain why Joan does not tell her husband Arthur that she writes Costume Gothic novels.
6. How does Joan see her father differently after she returns home for the funeral?
7. Describe Joan's personality while in high school.
8. Why does Joan try to stop the publication of Lady Oracle?
9. How does Joan allow Paul to treat her?
10. How is Joan's relationship with Arthur based on lies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the end of Lady Oracle, Joan says she will stop writing romance novels and instead write Science Fiction. Why do you think Joan wants to stop writing romances? Do you think writing romances contributes to Joan's dishonesty? Would she write a good Science Fiction tale? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 8, Joan's mother asks, "What have I ever done to make you behave like this?" when Joan arrives home in a lime green coat covering her substantial bulk. Discuss the reasons Joan uses her weight to taunt her mother and what Joan's mother consistently does to her as a child.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Joan's actions that show her as a woman who is independent but also submissive to the men in her life. When she leaves her double life behind, how does she begin to show that she is becoming more assertive?
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