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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. Where does Mary visit with Fanny before she leaves Mansfield Park?

2. How does Mary describe the months she spent with the Grants?

3. Where has Julia asked permission of her parents to go at the beginning of Chapter 29?

4. From whom does Fanny receive a letter from after Henry has proposed to her?

5. Why does Fanny go to Portsmouth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sir Thomas want to hold a ball at Mansfield Park?

2. How does Fanny learn of Maria and Henry's scandal?

3. Why does Fanny plan to go to Portsmouth?

4. How does Fanny react to leading the dancing at the ball?

5. Is Fanny welcomed when she returns home to her family?

6. What does Edmund tell Fanny about her decision to refuse Henry's marriage proposal?

7. Why does Edmund extend his stay with the Owens in Peterborough?

8. How does Fanny feel the morning after the ball?

9. Does Henry believe Fanny might change her mind about marrying him?

10. What does Edmund say when Henry asks to rent Thornton Lacey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify Edmund's early objections to his family performing the play and discuss the way these objections cause a rift between him and Tom. When Edmund changes his mind and decides to perform, what does this tell you about his character? Does he try to justify his decision? How so?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the East Room to Fanny's life at Mansfield Park. How does the room represent both Fanny's lowly status in the family as well as her refuge from the family? What do Fanny's actions regarding the room suggest to you about her character? Provide specific textual examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the use of letters in this story. In what way does the author use letters as a method for advancing the plot and revealing important information? Identify two or three letters that are central to the plot's advancement and discuss how these letters change Fanny's life.

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