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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. Who does Dixon NOT have respect for?
2. What does Fanny decide about Margaret after dining at her house?
3. Who spends most of the time talking to Fanny during dinner at the Hales'?
4. During the tense argument between Mr. THronton and the Hales during their first dinner together, what does Mr. Hale change the topic to to relieve the tension?
5. What does Dr. Donaldson tell Margaret the name of her mother's illnes is?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nicholas have to say about the people in Milton and religion?
2. Why does Mrs. Hale get so upset about living in Milton?
3. Why does Mr. Hale leave his job as a reverend?
4. Why is Dixon in a panic when Mr. Hale and Margaret return from the Thorntons' big dinner party?
5. Why is Margaret happy when the men rejoin the conversation at the Thorntons' big dinner party?
6. What happens to Mrs. Hale and Dixon once they arrive in Milton?
7. What causes Mr. Hale to faint after he returns home from the dinner party at the Thorntons'?
8. Why are the Thorntons aghast at Margaret and Mr. Hale's acceptance to their dinner party?
9. Whom does Mrs. Thornton accuse Mr. Thornton of needing to protect him?
10. How does Margaret react to Mr. Lennox' confession of love for her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the scene of Henry Lennox' first romantic confession to Margaret and what happens afterward. What does Gaskell do to create the tone? What do the different characters' reactions immediately after tell us about their personalities? How does what happens afterward foreshadow what happens later in the text, if at all?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role that the character of Frederick plays in the story of "North and South" and at least 3 unique functions that this character serves within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Identify at least 3 instances where Margaret inserts herself into the world of men in the novel, and discuss how her doing so goes against the gender norms of the time.
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