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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. In Chapter 17, what does Tony have in her basement that she uses for a personal game?
2. What nickname does Tony's mother, Anthea, give Tony as an infant?
3. What is West's profession?
4. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?
5. In Chapter 22, who was an English war bride?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information is revealed about Tony in Chapter 1?
2. In her undergraduate days, what was Tony's relationship with the Common room girls at McClung Hall?
3. Why does Tony think Zenia created turbulence, and why does Tony feel compelled to understand Zenia's motivations?
4. Describe Radiance.
5. Explain Charis's psychic abilities.
6. Explain why Tony feels insecure about West after learning Zenia is still alive.
7. Were Tony's parents happily married?
8. Explain Roz's relationship with Boyce.
9. Why isn't Tony sure which of Zenia's accounts of herself are true?
10. Describe Charis's relationship with Shanita.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several suicides and two attempted suicides occur in "The Robber Bride." Discuss Roz's attempted suicide, Charis's attempted suicide, and the suicides of Tony's father, Griff, and Roz's husband, Mitch. What motivated each of them, and what theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through these incidents? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Feminine complicity in the poor treatment of women is one of Margaret Atwood's themes in "The Robber Bride." Discuss how Zenia's actions illustrate this theme and give two additional examples from the text that do not involve Zenia.
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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