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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 Mary describe the months she spent with the Grants?

2. What is the name of the street where Fanny, Susan and Henry meet Mr. Price?

3. What is the last meal Fanny and William share before William goes back to sea November 24?

4. What is Sir Thomas' opinion of William in Chapter 24?

5. What piece of jewelry does William bring Fanny from Sicily?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Fanny want to return to Mansfield Park?

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

3. How is it that Fanny receives two chains to wear with the amber cross that William gave her?

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

5. Is Mrs. Rushworth happy to leave Sotherton?

6. Does Fanny's place in the household change when Julia and Maria leave for Brighton?

7. Why does Edmund retrieve Fanny from Portsmouth?

8. How does Mary calm herself after she learns that Edmund will take his orders in a few weeks?

9. Describe what happens when Henry asks Fanny to marry him.

10. What is Mary's response when Henry tells her he plans to ask Fanny to marry him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Bertram ball as a symbol of Fanny and William's acceptance within the Bertram family. What actions show that Sir Thomas has an elevated opinion of them? How does the ball change Fanny? Use textual examples to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Fanny is frightened of Sir Thomas when she first arrives at Mansfield Park. What scares her about her uncle? How does their relationship change when Sir Thomas returns from Antigua? What actions does Sir Thomas take to indicate his acceptance of and high regard for Fanny?

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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