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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. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does the journal writer say he saw when walking in the city?

2. How often did Zeus allow Persephone to return from the dead every year?

3. What color envelope does Fosca use when he leaves a note for Mariana at the end of Part 2, Chapter 15?

4. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11, what word does Mariana use to describe Fosca after his lecture?

5. In Chapter 16, what time of the special service for Tara?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has it been since Sebastian died, and why is it difficult for Mariana to be at Cambridge?

2. What is the room like where Mariana stays at the college?

3. How does Mariana describe Professor Fosca as a speaker when she and Zoe attend one of his lectures?

4. Why does Zoe call Mariana in Chapter 4?

5. Why does Mariana realize she is going to need to deal with Henry when she returns home?

6. Who is Henry Booth, and why is Mariana unsure about admitting him to her group?

7. What does Mariana learn about the postcard she found in Tara's room from Clarissa?

8. How does Mariana describe Professor Edward Fosca?

9. How is Mariana able to speak with Conrad Ellis?

10. Why do The Maidens say that they wore white to Tara's memorial service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clarissa tells Mariana to read “In Memoriam A.H.H.” by Tennyson. Why does Clarissa tell Marissa to read the poem? Does the poem help Mariana with her grief?

Essay Topic 2

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation in The Maidens? What descriptive dialogue tags does Michaelides use? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 3

The journal writer (Sebastian) thinks his birth should have been heralded by predictions of disaster. Why does Sebastian think his birth should have been heralded by predictions of disaster? Why does he believe his fate was decided at his birth?

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