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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 job does Joan love doing at the Sportsmen's Show?

2. Where has Joan met Marlene before?

3. What does the landlord sell to Joan?

4. Where does Joan decide to move?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Joan get rid of the hair she cuts off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Marlene Pugh reappearance in Joan's life play?

2. How does Joan change after becoming willing to publish Lady Oracle under her own name?

3. What are the implications of Joan sending Arthur a postcard from Rome?

4. Why does Joan bury her clothes?

5. What is the significance of Joan seeing her mother's astral body?

6. Describe Joan's search for a fresh approach to her writing.

7. What are some similarities between Joan and her character Charlotte?

8. Why does Joan find it difficult to write when Arthur is depressed?

9. Why does Joan try to stop the publication of Lady Oracle?

10. Describe the significance of Aunt Lou's inheritance on Joan's life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the title Lady Oracle? Provide examples from the text that show how the idea of an oracle is presented and its relevance to Joan and her journey of self-acceptance.

Essay Topic 2

Joan understands that she is an "escape artist" and that she is happiest when she is in danger. Discuss several instances in the novel when Joan is at her best when in danger. How does her personality change?

Essay Topic 3

As Joan sheds pounds, she makes the choice to become a new person to match her new image and calls herself Louisa K. Delacourt. Discuss the importance of this decision to Joan's future. Why is it a relief to her to be someone else?

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