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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 is the name of John's wife?

2. What does Harriet want Hettie to show the world?

3. How do Harriet and Margaret react when they see each other?

4. What does Harriet berate William for not doing?

5. What does William do that disgusts Hetty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack want to do as he admires Harriet's form?

2. What does Harriet say to her alter ego, Hetty?

3. Why is John's alter ego, Jack, in shock when he first appears?

4. Why does John hate his job at the art gallery?

5. How do Margaret and John almost get caught up in their lies in the opening act?

6. Describe Maximillian.

7. Why does Hetty say she is the one who has suffered in Harriet's marriage to William?

8. How does Mr. Brush want to help John?

9. Why does John stop listening to Margaret?

10. How does Margaret get her own way regarding Harriet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Margaret's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the one she is at the end.

1. What did Margaret hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Margaret's ideas about life?

3. How has Margaret's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is William's role in the play? Why does he not have an alter ego like the other main characters? How would William's role in the play change if he did have an alter ego?

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