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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens once Maggie and Stephen reach land?

2. How does Philip shake Maggie's resolve never to see him again?

3. How does Stephen offend Maggie at the dance?

4. How does Tom react, at first, to Maggie's request that she is allowed to see Philip?

5. Where does Maggie go to live after she returns home from the boat trip with Stephen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the family members in The Mill on the Floss criticize each other so much? Is their criticism a way of hiding an underlying affection? Or is the criticism more sincere? Take a position on this point and defend it using examples from The Mill on the Floss.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think that Maggie choses to marry neither Philip Wakem nor Stephen Guest? Explain what Maggie is thinking and why she wants to remain single. Use examples from The Mill on the Floss to support your point of view.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Maggie find the ascetic life described by Thomas a Kempis to be so appealing in the years after her family goes bankrupt? Philip Wakem says that she is not really compelled by the ascetic ideal, but that she is stupefying herself into accepting it. Do you think he is correct? Compare the words of Thomas a Kempis with the life that Maggie already is living. Is there a parallel? Why or why not?

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