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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 is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18?

2. At what time are the guests to arrive for Clara’s birthday party in the beginning of the novel?

3. How many years ago had Grisini warned Cassandra of the phoenix-stone’s powers, according to the narrator in the Prologue: “Fire”?

4. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 20?

5. What does Dr. Wintermute see in Lizzie Rose’s room that leads him to threaten going to the police in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Parsefall’s impressions of the Wintermute home when he arrives in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?

2. What actions does Cassandra consider and commit regarding the dilemma she faces in the Prologue: “Fire”?

3. What does Parsefall do with Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 23? What are Clara’s impressions of this experience?

4. What vision does Cassandra experience on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 7?

5. What is Grisini doing in the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 14? Why?

6. What information does Mrs. Pinchbeck relate to Lizzie Rose of Grisini’s past in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 9?

7. What causes Dr. Wintermute shame when he talks with his daughter in the end of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 6?

8. What do the police do when they arrive in Grisini’s apartment in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?

9. What is Lizzie Rose doing in the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 27? Why?

10. What causes the commotion that comes from downstairs at Mrs. Pinchbeck’s boarding house in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of puppetry in the novel. What do you think the puppets in the story represent symbolically? What imagery is used to describe the puppets? What is the history of puppetry as entertainment?

Essay Topic 2

Where did Lizzie Rose find the puppet that looks like Clara? Why does the puppet look this way? How does Parsefall react to this puppet? For what reason?

Essay Topic 3

Define the elements of plot structure, including “exposition,” “rising action,” “climax,” “falling action,” and “denouement.” Discuss where in the narrative each of these transitions takes place. How traditionally structured is the story of Splendors and Glooms?

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