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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. Florence describes Edward as virtually the only man she has ever met who does not engage in what practice?

2. What college does Edward attend?

3. What is the name of Florence's father Geoffrey's boat?

4. What kind of music is performed at the venue called the Hundred Club?

5. What is NOT named as an example of Florence's clumsy nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinction does the narrator make between Florence's wedding night anxieties and Edward's wedding night anxieties?

2. What is the symbolism of Edward's B- grade on his dissertation?

3. What is the event that galvanizes Edward's determination to marry Florence?

4. What beliefs does Edward draw from listening to blues music at the Hundred Club?

5. How is irony employed within the narrator's description of the moment Edward asks Florence to marry him?

6. How is foreshadowing present within the narrator's description of Florence's attitude toward arguments?

7. What example does the author provide to support the claim that Florence has come to find life within her family home as unbearably oppressive?

8. What technique does Florence use in order to conceal her feelings from her family?

9. 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?

10. What does the television set symbolize within the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the novella On Chesil Beach from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of On Chesil Beach using an omniscient narrator who relays the story from the third person point of view. What elements of the novella's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the many instances of irony within the novella's narrative and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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