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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 what way have the Emersons been snubbed at the Pension?
2. Whose arrival stops an argument between Cecil and Mr. Beebe?
3. When Miss Bartlett accepts the room with a view, why is the owner of the room not there to receive her acceptance?
4. During the group ride out to the country, where does Lucy have her encounter with George?
5. Where is the setting of the second part of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it ironic that Cecil is the one who facilitates the Emersons' move to the villa?
2. Miss Alans refers to the stomach as "S". What does this demonstrate about Miss Alans and her expectations of society?
3. How does Windy Corner become so popular? What does this say about high society?
4. Lucy is often compared to Miss Bartlett throughout the novel. After she breaks off her engagement with Cecil, in what way does she become similar to Miss Bartlett yet again?
5. What is the significance behind Cecil reading instead of playing tennis with Lucy?
6. Lucy and Cecil discuss Lucy's comfort level with Cecil on a walk through the woods. Lucy admits she prefers Cecil in what environment?
7. When Miss Bartlett does not speak with the Emersons at church, choosing instead to go to the carriage, what does Lucy realize?
8. Why is Lucy shocked to learn her kiss with George appears in Miss Lavish's novel?
9. What dramatic event happens in Chapter 4? What does Lucy say to George regarding the event?
10. Why is it ironic that Cecil tries to lead Lucy and Mrs. Honeychurch away from the men in the lake?
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
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 3
In the beginning of "A Room with a View", Mr. Emerson is accused through gossip of killing his wife. Later in the novel, Lucy understands what really happened. What really happens and why is it said in society that Mr. Emerson killed his wife?
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