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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. Where did Vera go for comfort during her last semester at Oxford?

2. What did Edward hint that Vera and Roland should do in Chapter 4?

3. When did Roland say he would have leave in Chapter 5?

4. Why did the length of Vera's letters to Roland decrease?

5. In what year did Vera make her debut in London?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Vera consider taking a leave from her schooling in Chapter 4?

3. What did Vera's father tell her at the end of Chapter 2? How did Edward respond to this?

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

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

6. Why was Vera ridiculed by the locals in Buxton in Chapter 2?

7. What did Vera decide to do after her contract at the hospital ended in Chapter 6?

8. How did Vera and Roland's relationship progress in Chapter 3?

9. Where did Vera meet Roland when he returned to England in Chapter 4? What happened on their train journey?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the autobiography Testament of Youth. How did Brittain choose to end the book? Why might she have decided to end the book at this point? Does the book tie up all loose ends? Are there any surprises at the end? Are there any unanswered questions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Brittain's writing. When did she start writing? What genre did she often write in? What struggles did she face as a writer? What were some of her successes?

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