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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. Why does Margaret not immediately tell her father about her mother's diagnosis?
2. During dinner at the Hales', who does Mr. Thornton say has an easy life?
3. Who is Dixon?
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. Why does the entire Hale household stay up all night after Margaret and Mr. Hale return from the Thorntons' dinner party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mrs. Thornton warn her son about Margaret?
2. According to Bessy, what happens to people who work in the cotton factory that makes them sick?
3. What causes the striking workers to head to the Thornton household to protest?
4. What advice does Margaret give to Mr. Thornton about how to handle the growing crowd of striking workers outside his door?
5. Why does Mr. Hale leave his job as a reverend?
6. What surprises Margaret about the men in the North?
7. Why are the Thorntons aghast at Margaret and Mr. Hale's acceptance to their dinner party?
8. Why does Mrs. Hale get so upset about living in Milton?
9. Why does Margaret feel guilty after Mr. Thornton leaves her home after he confesses his love to her?
10. What was Frederick on trial for?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Name and discuss at least 3 instances where religion appears in the text and what message Gaskell is conveying to the reader through these instances.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the generational conflict between the character of "North and South" and what these conflicts convey to the reader about past and present.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the scene where Margaret breaks the news to her mother that the family will be moving to Milton. Pay particular attention to the use of foreshadowing, analyzing how what happens during this scene (and between the characters) foreshadows what is to come later in the novel. Use quotations from the text to support your position.
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