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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. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?
2. How does Fleur feel after this visit with Gray?
3. Who does Sir Eric Findlay believe is no longer of sound mind?
4. What had Sir Quentin tried to do with the members' manuscripts before Fleur got to work on them?
5. Where did Fleur first meet and interview with Sir Quentin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Fleur has a long phone conversation that day with Lady Clotilde, one of the Association members. What does she tell Fleur about Sir Quentin?
2. Fleur describes the day she is sitting in the graveyard working on a poem as the last day of a whole chunk of her life, although she isn't aware of it at the time. Why do you think she feels this way?
3. Describe the relationship between Fleur and her lover, Leslie.
4. Fleur describes both Beryl Tims and Dottie, the wife of Fleur's lover, as "English Roses." What does she mean by this?
5. What are Fleur's feelings about Lady Edwina after her first month on the job?
6. Why did Fleur bring her friends, Theo and Audrey, in to read the proofs of Warrender Chase for her?
7. How had Fleur originally come up with the idea for her novel, Warrender Chase?
8. Why does Fleur invite Dottie to participate in the Autobiographical Association?
9. What happens in January of 1950 that begins to shed light on Sir Quentin's intentions?
10. How does Fleur spend that first meeting of the Association?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Muriel Spark intentionally leaves character motivation out of Loitering with Intent. Her main character, Fleur Talbot, discusses not disclosing Warrender Chase's motivation for his evil behavior, merely the effects of his evil actions.
Discuss the concept of motivation and why you think Spark doesn't focus on the motivation of her characters' actions. Do you think this affects the reader's impressions of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
The element of time is used in creative ways in literature. A sequence of events might be told other than chronologically; sometimes time is suspended, accelerated or slowed down. How does Spark use time as a framework for the novel? Do not merely summarize plot points, rather, discuss how her use of time affects the story.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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