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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. When was Rebecca Harding Davis’s last essay, “The Disease of Money-Getting,” published?
2. Mitchell says of the laborers at the iron mill in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Let them have a clear idea of the rights of the soul, and I’ll venture next week they’ll” what?
3. Of whom does the narrator say Hugh had found “a Man all- knowing, all-seeing, crowned by Nature, reigning” in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
4. What action is referenced in “Life in the Iron Mills” as “the peculiar action of a man dying of thirst”?
5. From whom did Deborah presumably steal the money in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you describe the narrator of “Life in the Iron Mills”? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story?
2. How would you describe the setting of “Life in the Iron Mills”? What tone is established through the story’s setting?
3. What does Deb do when she returns home in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
4. How would you describe the ending of “Life in the Iron Mills”? Does the story end on a happy or sad note?
5. What happens to Deborah at the end of “Life in the Iron Mills”? What does the narrator reveal at the end of the story?
6. How is Hugh’s death described in “Life in the Iron Mills”? How does Hugh die?
7. What is the moment of greatest hope in “Life in the Iron Mills”? How is this hope dashed?
8. What is the outcome for Hugh in the denouement of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
9. What elements of social change did Rebecca Harding Davis encounter during finishing school?
10. Who did Rebecca Harding Davis meet on her first trip North, according to the author of “A Biographical Interpretation”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine and discuss Deborah’s feelings of jealousy over Janey in the “Life in the Iron Mills.” What is the relationship like between these characters? Why does Deb feel resentment toward Janey? How is Janey described?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of “Life in the Iron Mills.” Where in the United States does the story take place? What river is described as rolling by the town? What era historically does the narrative take place in? What role does the setting play in the story’s subject and themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of art and creation in “Life in the Iron Mills.” Which character in the story shows great talent? What is the author’s statement about this talent? How does this theme relate to the author’s biography?
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