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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 a conversation with Mr. Beebe, what does Lucy have strong feelings about?

2. What does Lucy say she wants at the end of Chapter 7?

3. Where does Lucy go with Miss Bartlett at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What does Lucy try to do after fainting?

5. What does Mr. Beebe do once he learns Lucy is engaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George do to Lucy's photographs? What does this act symbolize?

2. Why is it ironic that Mr. Eager and Miss Lavish engage in a confrontational conversation on the carriage ride?

3. Why is Lucy shocked to learn her kiss with George appears in Miss Lavish's novel?

4. Why does Cecil want the Emersons to move into the villa? What does Cecil attribute Lucy's negative response to the situation as?

5. Phaeton is bribed with a coin to keep silent about Lucy and George. Why is this ironic?

6. What is the meaning of the quote Mr. Emerson has written on the wardrobe?

7. When Miss Bartlett does not speak with the Emersons at church, choosing instead to go to the carriage, what does Lucy realize?

8. Lucy reacts to the news of the Emersons moving to the neighborhood with calm. Why does Mr. Beebe showcase Lucy's reaction to Minnie, or the next generation?

9. When Mrs. Honeychurch compares Lucy to Miss Bartlett, how does Lucy respond and why? What does this comparison lead to?

10. Explain the description of women at the beginning of Chapter 4. How is the character of Lucy described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Miss Bartlett's attitude towards men? How does Miss Bartlett's opinion of men affect Lucy? Are there examples in the story where Lucy is similar in her attitude towards men? What are they?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy is a character who goes through an awakening in "A Room with a View".

1) Describe the character of Lucy at the opening of the story.

2) Discuss the significant event that is the catalyst to Lucy's awakening.

3) Analyze the changes she has gone through by the end of "A Room with a View".

Essay Topic 3

When Lucy first meets the Emerson family, the character George is depressed. As his family recognizes the importance of a room with a view, what does George's depression signify? If George did not believe in a room with a view, would his character still be depressed at this point in the story? Why or why not?

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