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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. During the group's ride home from the country, Lucy mistakes Miss Bartlett's proximity for what?

2. Miss Bartlett gives Phaeton what to keep silent about the encounter between Lucy and George?

3. What does Lucy purchase that might be considered shocking?

4. What does Lucy long for at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What is Lucy instructed not to use on her adventure?

Short Essay Questions

1. Miss Bartlett and Miss Lavish spend a great deal of time determining who should sit where on the carriage ride so as to avoid tension. In the end, the two women lose control of the seating. What does this symbolize?

2. What does the driver at the end of Chapter 20 symbolize?

3. The first chapter of Room with a View is set in Florence, Italy. What type of city is Florence and why might this have been chosen as the setting?

4. What dramatic event happens in Chapter 4? What does Lucy say to George regarding the event?

5. After Lucy has a fight with Mrs. Honeychurch, what is the view she sees out the window?

6. How does Windy Corner become so popular? What does this say about high society?

7. Lucy has a nightmare in Chapter 11 and wakes up screaming. What does this symbolize?

8. Where does the second part of the novel take place and what does this location represent in terms of Lucy's womanhood?

9. Miss Alans refers to the stomach as "S". What does this demonstrate about Miss Alans and her expectations of society?

10. Why does Lucy want to keep Miss Bartlett from coming to visit once the Emersons have moved into the villas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used frequently in "A Room with a View". Choose three examples of foreshadowing in the story. Explain how it helped add to the story being told.

Essay Topic 2

Cecil is a character who verbally claims to be a forward-thinker who believes in spontaneity and passion. Cecil's actions do not demonstrate this to be true. Cite and analyze three examples from the story where Cecil's actions are not in alignment with what he says.

Essay Topic 3

Symbols are used frequently in "A Room with a View." Choose one of the following three symbols and cite examples as to where, why, and how the symbol is used to tell the story.

1) Violets.

2) A room with a view.

3) The photographs George throws in the river.

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