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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 a charlady?

2. Who did Vera spend a lot of her time with after the Armistice?

3. In Chapter 8, where did Edward indicate he may be sent to fight?

4. What did Vera and Winifred often have to do because of their jobs?

5. What ship did Vera and Betty take to their foreign post?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what topic did Vera become an accomplished speaker? How in-demand was she as a lecturer?

2. Who did Vera clash with in Chapter 10?

3. After the Armistice, what did Vera spend a lot of time thinking about?

4. What was the title of Vera's published novel and what was it about?

5. How did the process of getting their novels published go for Vera and Winifred?

6. Why was Edward agitated in Chapter 8?

7. Why did Vera and Betty grow apart in Malta?

8. How did Vera travel back to England for a visit in Chapter 7?

9. What controversy did Vera become involved in in Chapter 10. Who did she meet as a result?

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

Analyze and interpret Brittain's family. Describe the members of her immediate family, as well as Brittain's relationship with each member. What conflicts did Brittain have with her family?

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

Outline the career of the author of the autobiography Testament of Youth. What other works did Brittain do? What organizations did Brittain become involved with that influenced her work?

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