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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 name of Vera's brother?
2. What did Vera attend while in London to see Roland?
3. Why was Roland at first refused by the military?
4. What did Vera attend at her brother's school in Chapter 2?
5. In what year did Vera make her debut in London?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?
2. What did Edward report seeing on his way back from military camp in Chapter 3? What did the townspeople begin to do after the war started?
3. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?
4. Why was Edward not able to enlist in the military when he wanted to? Why was Roland rejected by the military at first?
5. What did Vera have a dream about in Chapter 4?
6. Where did Vera meet Roland when he returned to England in Chapter 4? What happened on their train journey?
7. In Chapter 6, what is said to have occurred beginning in July, and how did this affect Vera's family?
8. Why was Vera ridiculed by the locals in Buxton in Chapter 2?
9. What was Mrs. Heath Jones's influence on Vera?
10. What illness did Vera and Betty contract in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the male and female place in society during the first quarter of the 20th century. How did the woman's place in society restrict the ambitions of Brittain? How had the gender roles changed post-war?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Brittain's life during the war. How did the war affect Brittain? What struggles did Brittain face during the war? How did the war change Brittain's world?
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