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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 does Harriet want Margaret to bellieve?

2. What does William do that disgusts Hetty?

3. Why does Margaret want someone to invite her and John to dinner?

4. What does Harriet say her life is?

5. What is name of the character that first enters the scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Margaret and William try to sell a portrait to William?

2. How does John react when Margaret asks him about Harriet?

3. How does John try to flatter William?

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

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

6. Why does Harriet want William to flatter Margaret?

7. How does Margaret surprise John in the final act?

8. How does Margaret react when John complains about his coffee?

9. Why does Margaret say Harriet rejected the portrait?

10. How does Margaret defy Maggie at the beginning of Act 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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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