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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Philip Wakem react to the news about Maggie and Stephen?
2. Which of the following statements best foreshadows Maggie's death in the flood?
3. Why does Lucy have a confidential conversation with her father the same evening that Philip first comes to visit?
4. How does Tom react, at first, to Maggie's request that she is allowed to see Philip?
5. What is Mr. Wakem's reaction to Philip's proposal after he has a chance to think about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
George Eliot depicts Maggie as much more able, intellectually, than her brother Tom. Some critics read The Mill on the Floss as an early feminist novel, calling for the full education of women and for women's equality. Socially conservative critics, however, have a different perspective on the novel, and view it as making an argument for better educating women in order to make them more effective within the family. Choose a critical perspective that makes the most sense to you, based on your own background and beliefs. Use examples from The Mill on the Floss to make a feminist argument for the emancipation of women, or to make a socially conservative argument for full education of women on behalf of their role in the family.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the theme of loss in the The Mill on the Floss. The narrator's history of St. Ogg's indicates that floods are not unusual, and that often floods sweep away everything in their path. The townspeople, then, must have some history of dealing with loss. When else does the topic of loss come up? Explain how this theme is developed in the course of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper analyzing the plot development in The Mill on the Floss. What do you feel is the climax of the plot? How does Eliot build tension prior to that point? How does she wind the book down after the climax?
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