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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 23?
2. How many years ago did Grisini take Parsefall from a workhouse, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog”?
3. On what day is Cassandra’s birthday?
4. Lizzie Rose realizes after talking with Parsefall in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 10 that how many incidents have now occurred in which children went missing and their ward was questioned?
5. What does Parsefall do when he has trouble falling asleep in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 22?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lizzie Rose doing in the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 27? Why?
2. Where do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall go for their “evening out” in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 21? What are their impressions?
3. What information does Mrs. Pinchbeck relate to Lizzie Rose of Grisini’s past in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 9?
4. How do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall respond when learning of the tragedy that befell Clara’s siblings in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?
5. How is the meeting between Clara, Lizzie Rose, and Parsefall described in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?
6. What leads up to the argument between Parsefall and Lizzie Rose in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 17?
7. How is Lizzie Rose’s character described when she is introduced in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 2?
8. What does Parsefall do to intercede in the conflict between Lizzie Rose and Grisini in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?
9. What does Parsefall do with Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 23? What are Clara’s impressions of this experience?
10. What happens when Dr. Wintermute goes to Lizzie Rose’s room at the boarding house in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 26?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Poverty and Wealth in Splendors and Glooms
a. Discuss the discrepancies between the wealthy and poor characters in the novel. How does Clara’s day-to-day life differ from that of Lizzie Rose or Parsefall?
b. How does the financial outlook for Lizzie Rose and Parsefall change in the course of the narrative? What initiates these changes? How does this influence them as characters?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the setting of Kensal Green cemetery in London. When was this cemetery established? How large is it? How is the mausoleum where the Wintermute children are entombed described? Why is Dr. Wintermute told to go there in Part One: “Fog”?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Cassandra want Parsefall to remember how cruel Grisini was to him? What did Grisini do to Parsefall? How does Parsefall react to the memory of this cruelty? Is it the reaction Cassandra wanted?
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