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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. Almeda lives in a ________________ society.

2. What is Jarvis considered to be regarding marriage?

3. How long has Jarvis Poulter been in town?

4. What format is MENESETEUNG?

5. Almeda's house is on the corner of Pearl and ___________ Streets.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of MENESETEUNG?

2. What news about Almeda and Jarvis is printed in the local paper?

3. What does Almeda do as she sits in her dark house?

4. What is the narrator's opinion on the individual when recounting history?

5. Where and when are the protagonist's poems published?

6. What is one of Almeda's most famous poems and what is the content?

7. How does the author symbolize how Almeda is out of touch with what goes on in the town, even near her own home?

8. Why does Almeda weigh the existence of a man in her life?

9. What does Almeda do for the very first time in her life today?

10. How is Almeda described based on the photo of her inside her book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does Munro use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

MENESETEUNG is set in the 1800s, long before the women's rights movement. How is the character of Almeda presented as being ahead of her time regarding women's rights and traditional roles? What would Almeda have thought of the women's rights movement? ow would she have participated? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

How does Almeda symbolize the upper class of her town's society? What rights and privileges does Almeda enjoy? How does the author show the audience the position that Almeda enjoys in her town?

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