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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. How many friends will be allowed to come see the dollhouse at a time per Mrs. Burnell's rules?
2. What rooms make up the interior of the dollhouse?
3. To what does the narrator compare the way the dollhouse swings open?
4. What part of the Burnell's old cloth is used for Lil's dress?
5. Who is the oldest Burnell sister?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who sends a dollhouse to the Burnell family and why?
3. What part of the house does Kezia like best? How does she feel about it in relation to other things in the house?
4. What does the Kelvey's mother do for work and where is there father?
5. What does Kezia feel about the way Isabel describes the dollhouse to their friends, and what does she say?
6. Why do the Kelveys stay away from Isabel when she is telling her friends about the dollhouse?
7. What does Aunt Beryl feel in regards to the way the dollhouse smells?
8. How is the way the dollhouse door discussed and what is it compared to?
9. How are the Kelvey's clothing described?
10. What does Isabel tell her friends when she gets to school the day after she receives the dollhouse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of “The Doll's House.” What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing Katherine Mansfield 's choice to write "The Doll's House" in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the meaning of Kezia and the little lamp. In what way are the two connected? How does she feel about the lamp and why? How does she feel about other aspects of the house in comparison? What other examples of Kezia and the little lamp are in the story?
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