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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 did Edward tell his family about when he returned from camp?

2. Who changed Vera's father's mind about the education of women?

3. When did Vera sit for her university examination?

4. What did Mrs. Heath Jones introduce Vera to while she was at school?

5. How did Vera feel about her provincial life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Vera's living arrangements when she started working at the 1st London General Hospital?

2. In Chapter 6, what is said to have occurred beginning in July, and how did this affect Vera's family?

3. What did Vera have a dream about in Chapter 4?

4. Why was Vera allowed to attend University in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 5, what happened to Vera one day while working at the hospital? What did Vera do while on leave from work?

6. Why wasn't Mina eager to join Vera as a nurse in London?

7. What change occurred in Vera's parents' lives in Chapter 5?

8. What was often the topic of conversation when Vera spoke to Edward and wrote to Roland?

9. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

10. Why was Edward not able to enlist in the military when he wanted to? Why was Roland rejected by the military at first?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of ambition in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of ambition in the book? Was Brittain an ambitious person? Why or why not? What were her goals and dreams? How did she go about achieving them, and was she successful?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of fear in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of fear in the book? What was Brittain afraid of and why? How did this affect her? How did she deal with her fears? Were her fears realized?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of discrimination in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of discrimination in the book? What discrimination did Brittain face, particularly in regards to her education? How did she handle this discrimination?

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