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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 does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she leaves her teaching job?
2. What place does Margery visit after her mother's death at the urging of her maid, Barbara?
3. What does Enid come back to Margery with after leaving to buy watermelon in Chapter 23?
4. How long had Margery worked at the school at the time she walked out?
5. What do the police find in Enid's apartment five weeks after she left with Margery?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Margery think when she sees the golden beetle in her father's book Incredible Creatures, and what does she decide she will do after her father leaves the room?
2. Describe Margery's aunts Hazel and Lorna whom she moved in with after her father's death.
3. Why was Enid's husband unable to go to war despite having gone to military training?
4. How does Margery feel when Miss Hamilton refuses the job as her assistant after finding out what happened at her school?
5. How does Mundic's mother react to his bullying as a child and what does she tell him about the "flame inside of him" (96)?
6. Chapter 22 describes how information on Nancy Collett was all over the British newspapers. What information do they have so far about Nancy and her accomplice?
7. What does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she walks out of her job in Chapter 2?
8. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?
9. How does Taylor react to seeing Margery in their hut when she goes there to find Enid in Chapter 14?
10. How does Mundic manage to get a cabin on the ship Enid and Margery are on?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Joyces's language style and word choice in Miss Benson's Beetle. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of Miss Benson's Beetle. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Joyce's commentary on gender in Miss Benson's Beetle. How is Margery’s gender important to the story? How does it impact the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
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