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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. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?
2. With whom does Tony have lunch at the end of Chapter 1?
3. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?
4. The shop at which Charis works sells what kind of things?
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. If Zenia is such bad business, why does Tony want to unravel the knot of Zenia and tell her story?
2. Explain the black enamel paint in Zenia and West's apartment in Chapter 19.
3. What is Charis's relationship with her daughter, Augusta?
4. Explain the significance of Tony's lace-edged collars being mentioned in Chapter 1 alongside a mention of Tony's interest in wars.
5. How does Zenia use Tony in Chapter 25?
6. Explain Zenia's romantic history with West.
7. In her undergraduate days, what was Tony's relationship with the Common room girls at McClung Hall?
8. In Chapter 1, who is the antagonist of the story and what helps identify that character as the villain?
9. Why isn't Tony sure which of Zenia's accounts of herself are true?
10. What information is revealed about Tony in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"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.
Essay Topic 2
Tony, the historian, opens and closes "The Robber Bride" and decides where to start and stop the story of Zenia. Who is the strongest of the three friends whose men are stolen from them by Zenia: Tony, Roz or Charis? Why? Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the three protagonists in the novel and discuss whether any of them develop strengths during the course of the story that they do not display at the beginning of the story. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
"The Robber Bride" contains a number of instances of irony. Cite three examples of irony in the novel and discuss what you think the author intends to convey with each example.
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