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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. How old is Elizabeth Mullins?

2. What does the willow pattern on the Stratton's china look like to Oscar?

3. Where does Lucinda go after her mother dies?

4. What extravagant gift does Oscar send the Strattons when he is at Oriel?

5. What is Lucinda's state of mind when she first arrives on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Theophilus check Oscar's lungs every morning?

2. How does Reverend Stratton respond when Oscar sends him coffee?

3. Describe Ian Wardley-Fish.

4. What happens when Oscar runs away from his father's house and tries to go to Reverend Stratton's home?

5. How does Oscar feel about his father when he comes to visit him at the Stratton's home?

6. Does Wardley-Fish like Oscar?

7. Is Lucinda passionate about glass?

8. Why did Lucinda spend a year in London?

9. Why does Lucinda like to go to Mr. d'Abb's house in the evenings?

10. What is Dennis Hasset's reaction to meeting Lucinda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you agree or disagree that Lucinda is a courageous person? In what ways does she express this courage by standing up for herself in the face of dominating personalities?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the scandals that Lucinda and Oscar create on the Leviathan and in Sydney. Do they both seem to put their own needs first ? In what ways do they not consider the other's reputation?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the phenomenon of phosphorescence is used to further the plot in Oscar and Lucinda. In what ways does this event help Oscar overcome his fear and visit Lucinda's stateroom? How does the phosphorescence change Lucinda's impressions of Oscar?

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