Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Richard, Iris, Laura, and Winifred take the maiden voyage of what ship?
2. What is the name of the organization with which Laura volunteers?
3. What is the reason Winifred and Richard give for why they commit Laura?
4. What does Laura's volunteer organization do?
5. Why does Iris try to go downstairs in chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Winifred's feelings toward Iris's pregnancy?
2. In chapter 12, what is the significance of the yellow curtains?
3. How does Aimee respond to Iris's decision?
4. What do the man and woman do when he first gets off the train?
5. What is the woman's attitude while aboard the cruise ship?
6. What does Laura say in chapter 11 that upsets Winifred?
7. On one of the articles, Richard warns his fellow Canadians about politics overseas. What does he warn them about?
8. About what does the woman dream at the end of chapter 12?
9. According to chapter 10, what is the political climate in Spain?
10. Why do you think Iris has 'The Blind Assassin' published?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though Port Ticonderoga is fictional, it is in many ways instrumental to the story of the Chase sisters' early life. Explain the significance of Port Ticonderoga and its history in relation to the story of the downfall of the Chase family dynasty. In what ways does having a fictional setting add to the novel and in what ways does it detract?
Essay Topic 2
Many of the characters have very strong beliefs for which they are willing to sacrifice their lives and their livelihoods. In fact, many of the character's deaths are directly or indirectly caused by their stubborn adherence to their belief system. Choose a character and detail that particular character's belief system and how it influences the way this character lives. Are these beliefs deeply ingrained enough that this character is willing to die or suffer for them or are they fluid depending on the social climate?
Essay Topic 3
Iris often reflects on the idea of heaven and hell. At the end of the novel, Iris comes to a conclusion about heaven and hell very similar to the conclusion drawn by the men in the story of the Peach Women of Aa'A. What is this conclusion? Using this conclusion, look at the settings in the story and determine whether these locations are representative of heaven or hell. Also, be sure to examine the significance of gardens and fire in terms of heaven and hell, as well as the implications of literary allusions, such as the importance of the literary roots of Xanadu and Avilion and Iris's name in the context of the passage from the Aeneid Laura leavers for her sister? Be sure to consider ways in which places that appear to be heaven can actually be hell and vice versa.
|
This section contains 868 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
