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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 kind of collars does Tony wear in Chapter 1?
2. What color is Roz's bedroom at the beginning of Chapter 12?
3. What interests Tony more than births and deaths and marriages?
4. In Chapter 17, what does Tony have in her basement that she uses for a personal game?
5. In Chapter 7, what does Charis's pendulum do when she asks it if she will have a good day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Were Tony's parents happily married?
2. How does Zenia use Tony in Chapter 25?
3. Explain Zenia's romantic history with West.
4. What is Charis's relationship with her daughter, Augusta?
5. In Chapter 1, who is the antagonist of the story and what helps identify that character as the villain?
6. If Zenia is such bad business, why does Tony want to unravel the knot of Zenia and tell her story?
7. Describe Tony's relationship with West during her undergraduate days at McClung Hall.
8. Explain Roz's relationship with Boyce.
9. What information is revealed about Tony in Chapter 1?
10. Why does Tony think of McClung Hall as a haven?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of war in "The Robber Bride." Give three examples of how the theme is woven into the story and discuss why you think the author chose the imagery of war and battle for this tale. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of Tony, Charis and Roz in "The Robber Bride." Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
"The Robber Bride" takes place in Canada, and the characters live through the Vietnam era and the growth of the women's movement in the 1960s. Discuss how the geographical and chronological settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Margaret Atwood had set the novel in the United States during the 1940s instead. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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