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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. In what area is Edward's childhood home located?
2. What does Florence notice happens after a girlfriend starts going steady with another student?
3. What had NOT been on the list of Edward and Florence's fears in regard to their parents' behavior at the wedding?
4. What is Florence's sole source of information about sex?
5. With what subject does Edward become obsessed during the summer he meets Florence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the author's purpose for using an allusion to the silverware collection in "the Ashmolean" (68) and how does this choice relate to a larger theme within the novella?
2. What is the significance of the "contradiction" (28) the author describes as living within Florence's soul from the moment Edward asks her to marry him?
3. In a rare moment of assertiveness, Florence tells her mother Violet that she is disappointed in her. What reason does she give for her disappointment?
4. What example does the author provide to support the claim that Florence has come to find life within her family home as unbearably oppressive?
5. What technique does Florence use in order to conceal her feelings from her family?
6. What is the author's purpose for including the detail that on the cover of Florence's paperback guide for brides is "portrayed two smiling bug-eyed matchstick figures holding hands, drawn clumsily in white chalk, as though by an innocent child" (12)?
7. What is the significance of Florence's feelings about the word "penetration"? (8)
8. How does the author use historical context in order to shed light on Florence and Edward's behavior during their wedding night dinner?
9. What phenomenon does Florence witness when it comes to girls her age getting boyfriends and how does her realization shape her behavior?
10. What is the result of Edward's suggestion that the couple go downstairs to listen to the news on the radio properly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a critical essay about the novella while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novella's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, the silencing of women's voices, misogyny's effects upon society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of the novella and the author's choice of narrator to relay the narrative. How does the author employ each and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across the main messages of the novella?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of all scenes involving Florence and her father Geoffrey and how these scenes' significance relates directly to overall themes in the novella.
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