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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 berate William for not doing?

2. What does Hetty tell Harriet she has given love for?

3. What does Jack say he is shocked about?

4. What does William do that disgusts Hetty?

5. What do Hetty and Jack reminisce about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harriet try to avoid scandal from the situation between her, John and Margaret?

2. Why does Hetty stay with John?

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

4. How do John and Harriet and Jack and Hetty act when Margaret finally leaves them alone?

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

6. Why does Harriet want William to flatter Margaret?

7. How does Margaret react to seeing John and Harriet kissing?

8. Describe Maximillian.

9. Why does John say Harriet declined her portrait?

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

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

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 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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