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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 did the hermit live?

2. What kind of illness do the three doctors at Varna have?

3. What kind of event has Master Georgie been invited to?

4. What does Myrtle say are embossed on Mr. Hardy's white toes?

5. What is Mrs. O'Gorman's role in the household?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rimmer, George and Pompey get the ape to turn around so they can take its photograph?

2. What is Myrtle's life like with the Hardy family?

3. Summarize the third chapter.

4. How does Jones create havoc in the household?

5. What does Dr. Potter tell his wife about the hermit of Malea?

6. Summarize the second chapter.

7. How does Myrtle show herself as both mentally and physically strong?

8. How does the author express Myrtle's role as an outsider?

9. Summarize the first chapter.

10. What does Pompey think about the success of the operation on the ape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote Master Georgie in the first person, but with three different narrators. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person? What meaning does it give the story that Bainbridge uses three different narrators?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Turkish and British culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of the 1850s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the play express the changes European society was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1850s Europe?

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