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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 kind of animal does Rose hear bark in the night?

2. Who does Rose want to ask her to dance?

3. What material is Tamar's shawl made from?

4. What is the one thing Jean says her and Crimond rarely discuss?

5. What does Jean say she is living upon while she is with Crimond?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Duncan and Jean reconcile?

2. How is Jean and Crimond's relationship affecting Duncan?

3. Why is Crimond suspicious of Tamar when she visits Jean?

4. What reason does Crimond give for alienating his Oxford friends?

5. Why does Jean decide to leave Duncan for the second time?

6. Why does Violet want Tamar to give up her studies?

7. Why do Gideon and Pat want to adopt Tamar?

8. What does Tamar confess to Jenkin?

9. Why are Jenkin and Gerard worried for Jean's safety?

10. What is Gulliver and Lily's relationship at the beginning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings.

1. France.

2. USA.

3. Ireland.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

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