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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. Why does the group have to shoot a horse?

2. What is the name of Georgie's wife?

3. What is is in the third floor room of the building Georgie enters?

4. What does Georgie think the war will enable him to do?

5. What kind of animal does a kind boy hand back to a woman at the show?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Duck-Boy help George?

3. Where does Myrtle follow George in this chapter?

4. How does Myrtle show her vulnerability in the third chapter?

5. How does George stop Mr. Naughton from lavishing his affections on Myrtle?

6. Summarize the first chapter.

7. Summarize the second chapter.

8. Why does the group travel to Constantinople?

9. Summarize the third chapter.

10. What does the group experience aboard the boat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1850s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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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