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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. At school, what does Nancy repeatedly do?
2. Where does Captain Edward Ashburnham take the courtesan he meets in Monte Carlo?
3. What results from the affair between Captain Edward Ashburnham and the woman he meets during his reunion with his regiment?
4. Of her mother and father, whom does Nancy prefer?
5. After the trip to Monte Carlo and during his reunion with his military regiment, Captain Edward Ashburnham forms a romantic attachment to which of the following women:
Short Essay Questions
1. Do you agree with John Dowell when he says that Captain Edward Ashburnham does not feel remorse?
2. Given Captain Edward Ashburnham's adulterous history, why does Leonora Ashburnham send Edward and Nancy to a concert together?
3. What must Nancy reject in order to make her decision to meet her mother in Glasgow?
4. Why do you suppose Leonora Ashburnham never turned to her family for advice on her marriage?
5. John Dowell describes Nancy Rufford as a young and exuberant Catholic school girl. Is Nancy as pious and righteous as her religious upbringing might suggest?
6. Why does John Dowell continually excuse Captain Edward Ashburnham from the reader's judgment?
7. Is Leonora Ashburnham a sympathetic character?
8. In Part 3, Chapter 4, John Dowell describes many unfortunate circumstances that contributed to the downfall of the Ashburnham marriage. With John's sympathetic portrait of the Ashburnhams in mind, do you think unfortunate circumstances are to blame for the destruction of the Ashburnham marriage or are the Ashburnhams themselves to blame for its downfall?
9. Describe the fight that takes place in Part 4, Chapter 2, between Leonora Ashburnham, Nancy Rufford, and Captain Edward Ashburnham?
10. Do you think Nancy is a good judge of character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider Edward Ashburnham as a romantic hero. Is Edward Ashburnham wrong for satisfying his romantic desires or is he simply a libertine who casts aside the established norms of his society? Are Edward's sexual liaisons simply Edward's way of expressing his individuality? Is Edward more "free" than other characters because he acts on his desires and does not pay heed to the arbitrary obligations imposed by the institution of marriage?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of Nancy Rufford's insanity. Why does Nancy go insane? Does Nancy's insanity reveal anything about the novel's overall message? Does Nancy's insanity reveal anything about the author's attitude toward Nancy? Is it significant that Nancy goes insane rather than dying or committing suicide as the novel's other characters have?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the role of money in The Good Soldier. How does money affect the characters' relationships in The Good Soldier? If money is truly power, which of the novel's characters are powerful? How do the novel's characters utilize the power of money?
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