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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 is there speculation about a courtship between Jarvis and Almeda?

2. What does Almeda think she would be if Jarvis were to ask her for a drive in the country?

3. Almeda waits for Jarvis to ________________________.

4. Almeda's family's home sits on what street?

5. Jarvis never escorts Almeda to _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show that Almeda is in a state of delirium from the nerve tonic?

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

3. How is Almeda torn by what she sees married women doing to their husbands and the desire for Jarvis to show some sign of affection?

4. How does Almeda describe the swamp she sees from her window?

5. What is the symbolism of Almeda's poem?

6. What is distinctive about the protagonist?

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

8. Can Almeda envision herself in the role of a wife?

9. What is the irony of Almeda's consumption of the nerve tonic?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the story's title. What did the author mean by calling the play MENESETEUNG? Why didn't she simply call it ALMEDA? Cite an example to support your answer.

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