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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 nationality is Ellen Key?

2. Where did Mamah and Mattie pass out flyers trying to help pass the Women's Suffrage Bill?

3. On what floor do Frank and Mamah stay at the Adlon?

4. What did Mattie die from?

5. Where is the man from that Frank brings to look at Mamah's house in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What terrible news does Lizzie write to Mamah in Chapter 18?

2. How does Mamah work to translate "Love and Ethics"?

3. Who is Louise?

4. With whom did Mamah and Mattie stay when they handed out flyers in Colorado?

5. Where does Mamah move in Chapter 12?

6. What advice does Mattie give Mamah regarding her relationship with Frank?

7. Where does Mamah go and what does she do when Frank returns to America?

8. What was it like in Boone, Iowa, where Mahma lived when she was little?

9. In Chapter 3, what did Mamah do when she realized she and Frank had grown too close?

10. How did Mamah describe the Huertley house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mamah and Frank watch the opera Mefistofele. Why does the opera affect Mamah so greatly? What emotions does it stir up?

Essay Topic 2

Frank buries Mamah and mourns for her. How will Frank go on without her?

Essay Topic 3

Lizzie has never married. Why hasn't Lizzie ever married?

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