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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 is the character who stayed with the family before the start of the story?
2. How is Mrs. Kelvey described?
3. What rooms make up the interior of the dollhouse?
4. What does Kezia tell Isabel to remember to tell all of their friends about?
5. What is the name of the main family in "The Doll's House"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kezia feel about the way Isabel describes the dollhouse to their friends, and what does she say?
2. How is the way the dollhouse door discussed and what is it compared to?
3. What does Isabel tell her sisters that she and her mother have already decided when they are heading to school before they tell anyone about the dollhouse?
4. What does Aunt Beryl feel in regards to the way the dollhouse smells?
5. What colors make up the exterior of the dollhouse and how are they described?
6. Why are the Burnell children eager to get to school after the gift they received from Mrs. Hays?
7. What does the Kelvey's mother do for work and where is there father?
8. Who sends a dollhouse to the Burnell family and why?
9. What are Mrs. Burnell's rules for when their friends come to see the dollhouse?
10. What part of the house does Kezia like best? How does she feel about it in relation to other things in the house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Doll's House.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Katherine Mansfield 's commentary on youth in "The Doll's House." How is the girls’ youth important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the ending of “The Doll’s House” How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might Mansfield have done differently?
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