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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 happened on Beatrix's farm just before World War I ended?

2. What enabled Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?

3. Why did Beatrix publish her later stories?

4. Which of Beatrix's characters was made into a doll?

5. What was Beatrix mesmerized by at Troutbeck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lane say was the core of Beatrix's genius?

2. What does Lane say about the settings of Beatrix's stories?

3. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

4. How did Beatrix feel about old age?

5. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's greatest achievement after her 'golden decade' of writing?

6. In what way was Beatrix's purchase of Hill Top Farm symbolic?

7. According to Lane, what put an end to Beatrix's best writing years?

8. Where did Beatrix settle her mother after her father's death?

9. How was Beatrix's time at Hill Top Farm reflected in the books she published?

10. How was the artwork in Beatrix's books different from other children's books?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Beatrix's venture into politics. Why did she become interested in politics? What aspects of politics did she become interested in? How did these interests relate to her work as a writer and illustrator?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the illustrations and photographs used. Why might these particular visual aids have been chosen? What do they tell the reader about Potter? Does a story develop based on the pictures?

Essay Topic 3

Beatrix yearned for a sense of independence from her parents. Why were her parents so strict, even when Beatrix was a woman of an advanced age? How did Beatrix gain a sense of independence? How did she finally leave her parents house?

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