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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. Who died while Vera was back in England in Chapter 7?

2. What did Vera hope to find when she went to Europe?

3. Where did Vera and Winifred find a new flat?

4. What kind of rules still existed at Vera's school?

5. What was the name of the hospital where Vera worked at her foreign post?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what were Vera's thoughts on marriage?

2. What did Vera find out when she reapplied for foreign service in Chapter 9?

3. How did Vera pursue her interest in writing in Chapter 10?

4. What was Vera's first assignment upon arriving at the hospital in France?

5. What was life at Etaples like for Vera?

6. What became of Vera's friends Victor and Geoffrey in Chapter 7?

7. What did Roland's mother help Vera to do in Chapter 9?

8. Where did Vera live while working at St. Jude's?

9. In Chapter 8, where did Vera ask to be sent for her next nursing assignment?

10. Where did Vera and Winifred decide to travel to in Chapter 11 and why?

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

What is feminism and what issues were at the core of feminism during the first quarter of the 20th century? What were Brittain's viewpoints in regards to feminism? What feminist groups did she join?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of separation in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of separation in the book? Who was Brittain separated from and why? How did these separations affect her and her life path?

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