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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 does Nina jab Leda with in her apartment at the end of the novel?
2. What did Leda do when Marta came to her for comfort after Lucilla left her out of a game?
3. What is Leda angry at herself for discussing at the start of Chapter 15?
4. What does Nina ask Leda when she calls on Sunday close to midnight in Chapter 25?
5. Why was Gianni upset with Leda when she returned from her conference?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Leda reminded of while watching Nani spew brown liquid into the sink in Chapter 22?
2. What does Leda remind Nina that she had told her when discussing what she did in the woods with Gino?
3. Why is Nina upset when she sees her husband at the start of Chapter 22 while she is at the fair talking with Leda? How does she act when she greets him?
4. Who is Lucilla? How did Leda's daughters feel about Lucilla? How did Leda feel about Lucilla?
5. With whom did Leda begin an affair during the E.M. Forster conference?
6. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asks what her daughters were like as little girls?
7. In what way does Leda feel she and Brenda are similar in Chapter 24?
8. Who does Nina think stole Elena's doll?
9. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?
10. What did Leda's daughters say to her about the years she left them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Ferrante's The Lost Daughter. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the hat pin as a symbol in The Lost Daughter. In what scenes does the hat pin appear? What is the context? How does the hat pin develop the narrative?
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