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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 the author think Mrs. Strickland dreads?

2. What is the nationality of Dirk's wife?

3. What is Dirk's religion?

4. Where did Mrs. Strickland's father used to take the family in August?

5. What does the author say the Stricklands owed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Crabbe describe Strickland in Chapter 6?

2. What does the author think of Rev. Robert Strickland's biography of his father?

3. How does Strickland try to keep himself alive?

4. How does the author describe Strickland's appearance?

5. How does Blanche surprise the author?

6. How does Mrs. Strickalnd respond to the news that her husband wants to take up painting?

7. What does Charles say in his letter to his wife?

8. How do Crabbe and Dirk get Strickland out of his apartment?

9. Who is Dirk Stroeve?

10. How does Mrs. Strickland begin to make something of her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way do Amy and Strickland's lives take an opposite direction after Strickland leaves for Paris? What does it say about their natural characters that they both succeed in their new lives?

Essay Topic 2

Is the attraction between Strickland and Blanche is mutual? How does the author foreshadow that Blanche will fall for Strickland?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Crabbe's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Crabbe hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Crabbe's ideas about life?

3. How has Crabbe's character changed by the end of the book?

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