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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. When does Jordan suddenly arrive?

2. What had Jordan thought of the entire time he is imprisoned?

3. What does Jordan claim to Morgan?

4. What does Fawkes tell Jordan?

5. What does Jordan do after subduing the assailant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two small mistakes does Alexandra make on the night of her coming out?

2. How does Jordan learn the truth about Alexandra's behavior while he was imprisoned?

3. About what does Jordan confide in Alexandra?

4. What happens as Jordan is talking with Lord Camden and what does Jordan do as a result?

5. What is Alexandra's first response to Jordan's anger and how does Melanie change Alexandra's attitude?

6. What does Jordan hint about to Alexandra?

7. Why does the Dowager ask Lord Ponsonby to dance with Alexandra and how does she respond?

8. What increases Fawkes' belief that Alexandra and Anthony are plotting to kill Jordan?

9. What gossip does the Dowager Duchess start?

10. How do Jordan and Alexandra differ in their reactions to being at Hawthorne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Something Wonderful based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Something Wonderful is a successful novel.

3. Is Something Wonderful a novel you would recommend to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.

4. Can a novel be successful and yet many readers not enjoy it? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Something Wonderful ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why? not?

2. What are at least three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Something Wonderful and if it fulfills some or all of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Something Wonderful is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

4. Would you have wished the ending to be different? Why or why not? Would that have changed what the author wished to convey with the book?

Essay Topic 3

Something Wonderful is an historical romance. Discuss the following:

1. Define the word "genre" in the context of literary criticism.

2. Why do you think fiction is categorized by genre?

3. Does it help to know how a book is categorized as to its genre before reading it? Explain.

4. Modern historical romance is often considered inferior to what are considered "the classics." Why do you think this is so? Do you believe a book such as Something Wonderful is inferior to something such as A Tale of Two Cities? Explain.

5. What is your favorite genre and why.

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