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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. Fleur initially sees Sir Quentin as a "social imposter," but realizes he does have a regal background when she learns that:

2. What about Lady Edwina does Fleur particularly like in the beginning?

3. What happens when Dottie returns from Ireland?

4. How does Fleur feel after this visit with Gray?

5. What was the first physical quirk Fleur noticed about Sir Quentin when they met?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Fleur's frame of mind at the beginning of the novel, and why?

2. How does Fleur react to the beginning manuscripts of the memoirs when she first begins her work?

3. Fleur has a long phone conversation that day with Lady Clotilde, one of the Association members. What does she tell Fleur about Sir Quentin?

4. Describe Fleur's impressions of Sir Quentin Oliver upon their first meeting.

5. What is the first publisher's reaction to Fleur's novel, Warrender Chase?

6. How had Fleur originally come up with the idea for her novel, Warrender Chase?

7. Fleur and takes Lady Edwina on regular Sunday afternoon walks. They are soon joined by one of her old friends. How are these relationships developing?

8. How does recounting her adventures with the Autobiographical Association make Fleur feel about the differences between fiction and nonfiction?

9. How does Fleur handle the motivation behind the evil doings of the title character in Warrender Chase?

10. What happens in January of 1950 that begins to shed light on Sir Quentin's intentions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Writers can describe the values of a culture or a society through characters who succeed in the culture, or conversely, are alienated from society. How do this novel's characters, through their success or alienation, reveal the 1949 London society's assumptions or moral values?

Essay Topic 2

Women writers often question traditional female roles, and Mariel Spark is no exception. One in particular is the role of remaining subordinate to men while simultaneously taking care of them. How, in Loitering with Intent, does Spark question and discuss this female role?

Essay Topic 3

Describe as much as you can about the culture in which Fleur lives based on descriptions from the novel. How much of that culture is revealed through her eyes? Could this novel be set anywhere else? Could the story have transpired, in tact, had it taken place in the US, or Shanghai or Paris or Munich in 1949? How might it have differed had it been moved from England?

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