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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 was Janie's cause of death, according to the medical examiner?
2. What type of clothing does Tess wear when she leaves the house in the wee hours of the night in Chapter 16?
3. Who is NOT listed among Cecilia's friends?
4. Tess feels that which character had been the one there for her during Tess's parents' divorce?
5. Who forces Rachel to attend a Tupperware party?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what cause did Ed officially die and how does his official cause of death differ from Rachel's ideas?
2. What themes are introduced by the epigraph Moriarty includes at the beginning of The Husband's Secret?
3. How does Moriarty introduce paradoxical qualities of family bonds within the narrative?
4. With what event in Felicity's life do her feelings for Will occur concurrently?
5. What is the reason for Rachel's guilt about the day of Janie's murder?
6. Describe the qualities of the mysterious letter that acts as John-Paul's confession to Janie's murder.
7. What behavior of John-Paul's upon his return home encourage Cecilia not to worry about the letter?
8. Provide an example from the novel that displays masterful use of an omniscient narrator.
9. With what aspect of Tess's own personality does contact with Connor get her in touch?
10. Discuss a literary device Moriarty uses to portray a particular character's emotional response.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the epilogue of The Husband's Secret and one of the novel's main messages. How does Moriarty make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the motif of dreams as it is used within The Husband's Secret. What are the patterns inherent in Moriarty’s use of this motif and with which of the work’s major themes does the motif’s use dovetail?
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Moriarty in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Husband's Secret. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Moriarty’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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