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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 clothing does Jack steal when he escapes his imprisonment?

2. What does Jack bribe a man in Paris to do?

3. What did dAvaux hide in Eliza's things?

4. Whom does Jack find in the woods?

5. Where does the tunnel that Jack finds in the woods lead?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rossingol discover Eliza is corresponding with members of the Royal Society?

2. How does Jack make money while in Paris?

3. How has Eliza been sending messages without being discovered?

4. Why has Bob come to ask Eliza for help?

5. What kind of life does Eliza tell dAvaux she wants for herself?

6. Why doesn't Arlanc want to be rescued?

7. What rumor does dAvaux spread that causes Eliza trouble while being a governess?

8. Who is St. George?

9. Why does Daniel get a new guard while in prison?

10. What does Liselotte tell the King about Eliza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot, and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 2

There were many characters in this book who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

Stephenson presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

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