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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 college does Florence attend?
2. What does Florence do as a result of reading the words, "At B attack!" on the Amadeus Quartet's performance notes?
3. At what sport had Florence been adept in "her school sports days" (17)?
4. In what year do Florence and Edward both go off to college?
5. What aspect of Florence and Edward's childhoods do they most like to discuss?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Florence's feelings about the word "penetration"? (8)
2. How does the theme of secrecy emerge within the narrator's statement about Edward's previous experiences in hotels?
3. What is the effect of Florence finding the penciled performance notes in the trash at the concert hall?
4. 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?
5. What is the result of Edward's suggestion that the couple go downstairs to listen to the news on the radio properly?
6. What does the television set symbolize within the narrative?
7. What is the event that galvanizes Edward's determination to marry Florence?
8. What is the sole location that Florence and Edward determine is the only instance when they were in the same place at the same time before meeting?
9. What legend exists about the shingle on Chesil Beach and how does it inform the couple's plans?
10. How is irony employed within the narrator's description of the moment Edward asks Florence to marry him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the novella's message concerning the link between communication and the health of a relationship?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Edward's feelings about Chesil Beach relayed by the narrator within the narrative's final pages. What message is the author sending about a textual theme of your choice?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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