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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 does Miss Bartlett do for Lucy after moving into the room with a view?

2. During the group ride out to the country, where does Lucy have her encounter with George?

3. Who snubs Mr. Emerson at the church?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Miss Alan say she is recovering from?

5. What city does Lucy suggest she and Miss Bartlett take a train to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Cecil described?

2. What do Mr. Beebe and Cecil agree upon? What do they disagree upon?

3. What is the room with a view Lucy discovers in Chapter 19?

4. The final chapter in A Room with a View takes place back in Italy. What does this location change symbolize?

5. George experiences a change in Chapter 4. What is it?

6. When Lucy returns to the Pension following her kiss with George, where is she looking for him and what does this literal action represent?

7. When Phaeton is instructed to drop off Persephone, Lucy wavers between two emotions. What are they?

8. Mr. Beebe thinks on a comment he once made after hearing Lucy play in a recital. What is the comment and what does it mean?

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

10. When Lucy gets lost in Chapter 2, what is the end result? Why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Phaeton and Persephone are symbolic characters. Discuss the following:

1) Who are Phaeton and Persephone in Greek Mythology?

2) What do these characters represent in "A Room with a View"?

3) Why is their presence appropriate at the point they appear within the story?

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

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.

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