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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. Where do the Ashburnhams first meet Maisie Maidan?
2. Leonora Ashburnham goes to Maisie Maidan's room after the trip to the castle. What does she find there?
3. What dream must Florence Dowell give up in order to divorce her husband and be with Captain Edward Ashburnham?
4. Where is the castle located that is visited by the Ashburnhams and the Dowells?
5. What term does John Dowell use to refer to the ambiguous character introduced in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is it wise for John Dowell to marry Florence?
2. Describe Captain Edward Ashburnham's reputation and accomplishments.
3. Describe the Ashburnhams relationship with the Dowells and the "nine years of uninterrupted tranquility" that transpires between them.
4. Describe the point of view from which The Good Soldier is written.
5. Florence Dowell proposes that she and Captain Edward Ashburnham should divorce their spouses and move to California. Why would divorcing her husband and moving to California with Edward be a sacrifice for Florence Dowell?
6. Based on John Dowells narration in Chapter 1, Part 1, do you think The Good Soldier will end in resolution or in tragedy?
7. By the end of Part 2, Chapter 2, both Florence Dowell and Maisie Maidan have died. Compare and contrast the death of Maisie Maidan and the death of Florence Dowell.
8. What is surprising about John Dowell's reaction to Maisie Maidan's death?
9. How does Maisie Maidan die?
10. According to John Dowell's point of view, what qualities define English culture?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of John Dowell's unreliability as a narrator. To what extent can the reader accept John's vision of the world as the truth? Is John's unreliability as a narrator a tantalizing source of conflict within the novel or merely an aesthetic fumble on the part of the author? How would the reader's experience change if the novel were told from a third person, omniscient point of view? Does the use of an unreliable narrator at all relate to the novel's themes?
Essay Topic 2
Is Edward Ashburnham a sympathetic character or is he entirely a villain? If Edward is indeed sympathetic, in what instances can the reader view him sympathetically?
Essay Topic 3
Address the question of John's feelings toward Edward. Why does John continually excuse Edward from judgment? Why does John place all the blame on Leonora Ashburnham and Florence Dowell for the novel's tragedies? Does John so esteem Edward because he is jealous of Edward, because he is in love with Edward, or simply because he is biased toward women?
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