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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 does Fleur learn about the job at the Autobiographical Association?

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

3. What are Warrender Chase's intentions in Fleur's novel?

4. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?

5. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Fleur's confusion, early on, about her novel, Warrender Chase and how it related to the events with the Association.

2. Describe the relationship between Fleur and her lover, Leslie.

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

4. Why does Fleur invite Dottie to participate in the Autobiographical Association?

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

6. What convinced Fleur that Sir Quentin had begun acting out an evil plan on the members of the Autobiographical Association?

7. Fleur calls in sick to work after the party. What happens when she does that shows how Fleur's attitude has changed toward her job?

8. Why did Fleur bring her friends, Theo and Audrey, in to read the proofs of Warrender Chase for her?

9. Describe any two members of the Association introduced in Chapter 2.

10. How does Sir Quentin introduce Fleur to the Autobiographical Association members the first time, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Fleur Talbot as "character type," as she does with Beryl Tims and Dottie, the "English Roses." What would her character type be named? Who else might fit into this character type - another literary character, someone in a movie, someone from your life? Why? How does that person compare to Fleur?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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