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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 Herder tell Jack he is here to show him?

2. Why does the Earl want to marry Grace?

3. What does Dr. Herder say may help Jack?

4. What is Grace surprised to see?

5. What does Charles tell Grace he is trying to preserve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Charles initially do nothing about the Earl's will?

2. What do Herder and Claire accuse each other of?

3. What does the prologue establish?

4. How does Jack respond when Herder accuses him of killing Claire?

5. Why does Dinsdale say he in concerned by Jack's illness?

6. How does Herder excuse Jack's strange behavior at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 16?

7. What does Tucker say he thinks about Jack and the family?

8. How does Charles think they can get rid of Jack?

9. Why does the bishop disagree with Jack marrying Grace?

10. What does Herder say he is researching?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1972, THE RULING CLASS was made into a film starring Peter O'Toole. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Jack and Charles.

1) What is their relationship to each other?

2) How are their ideas different?

3) How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

Essay Topic 3

What problems do Jack's generation face? How are the problems for Jack's generation different to the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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