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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. What is Almeda's social status in town?

2. From what does Almeda suffer?

3. Which of the following does the narrator not mention as inhabiting the town?

4. Where is there speculation about a courtship between Jarvis and Almeda?

5. How does Almeda always try to conduct herself in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose death also occurs close to Almeda's?

2. Why does Almeda now live alone?

3. Where does Almeda live?

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

5. What is the undesirable area in town?

6. What is Almeda shocked by the woman's body and whose help does she enlist?

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

8. What frugal activities does Jarvis do even though he is a wealthy man?

9. How do the pressures of society weigh on Almeda?

10. What would it mean if Jarvis were to escort Almeda to church some evening or Sunday instead of just walking her home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

MENESETEUNG is a classic story of metamorphosis and empowerment. What does that classification entail? Why does this story fit into this category? Explain.

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