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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 a server at Mrs. Pope's party say has gone missing after she tells her friends she does not trust Mundic in Chapter 34?
2. What does Margery tell Enid she taught her students to do in her domestic science class?
3. What does Enid tell Margery about herself at camp one night on the mountain in Chapter 33?
4. How did Professor Smith react when Margery told him about the golden beetle?
5. How does Margery decide she will earn money to help protect Enid in Chapter 42 after Enid's confession?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Margery's role during Enid's labor in Chapter 44?
2. Why are Enid and Margery unable to begin their expedition the first three days they arrive? How do the shantytown boys react when they depart and why?
3. How does Mundic manage to find Margery and Enid's bungalow in Chapter 36?
4. What does Enid confess to Margery about herself and her marriage on their fourth trek up the mountain in Chapter 36?
5. Why does Enid begin to think she is still pregnant, and how does Margery react to this news?
6. Why do the British papers no longer speak of Nancy Collett, and what news takes over?
7. Describe Mundic's physical and mental health in Chapter 45 around when he finds the bungalow while Enid is in labor?
8. How does Margery react when Enid tells her she has a gun she stole from Taylor?
9. Why do Enid and Margery have to run from Dolly's place in Chapter 50?
10. What is strange about Mr. Rawlings' behavior and what happens to him in Chapter 38?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing Joyce's choice to write Miss Benson's Beetle in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing chapter titles in Miss Benson's Beetle. Explore the ways in which the titles connect to the plot and themes of the novel.
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