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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 the weather like at the beginning of the novel?

2. What can Mrs. Wilkins see from her bedroom window?

3. What newspaper is Mrs. Wilkins reading in Chapter 1?

4. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Mrs. Fisher feel has to be done about Mrs. Wilkins?

5. What happened to Mrs. Arbuthnot's child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Fisher ask for references in Chapter 3? How do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot react to this?

2. Why does Mrs. Wilkins approach Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 1?

3. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot believe about her own happiness?

4. How does the Italian scenery affect Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins?

5. What is shared in Chapter 2 in regards to Mrs. Arbuthnot's marriage?

6. What does Lady Caroline think of Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot?

7. What does Lady Caroline reflect on as she watches Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 8?

8. What does Mrs. Wilkins do in Chapter 9 that annoys Mrs. Fisher?

9. Describe Lady Caroline Denster.

10. What sparks Mrs. Wilkins' and Mrs. Arbuthnots' debate about heaven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character Mrs. Arbuthnot. What is her role in the novel and what are her defining character traits? Describe her friendship with Mrs. Wilkins. Describe her marriage. How does it transform and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of loneliness. Who is lonely at the beginning of the novel and why? How does she (or they) open themselves up to others? How does she (or they) express their loneliness and desire for friendships?

Essay Topic 3

Putting up walls and boundaries and breaking through them is a recurring motif of the novel "The Enchanted April". What are some examples of when a character places boundaries between herself and the other women? Why does she do this? How do the other characters react to these walls?

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