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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 kind of music is performed at the venue called the Hundred Club?
2. What is Florence's nervous habit?
3. What item does Edward always keep in his jacket pocket?
4. Florence describes Edward as virtually the only man she has ever met who does not engage in what practice?
5. With whom does Edward lodge during his college years?
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. How is foreshadowing present within the narrator's description of Florence's attitude toward arguments?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. How does the author use historical context in order to shed light on Florence and Edward's behavior during their wedding night dinner?
6. What is the symbolism of Edward's B- grade on his dissertation?
7. What is the significance of Florence's feelings about the word "penetration"? (8)
8. What technique does Florence use in order to conceal her feelings from her family?
9. What beliefs does Edward draw from listening to blues music at the Hundred Club?
10. 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)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of the lives of Florence and Edward. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of secrecy and transparency function within the novella and what is the author's message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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