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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. Who do Emily and Annette learn is behind the kidnapping scheme in Chapter One of Volume Three, and the attempt to poison Montoni?
2. Who does Emily beg not to forsake her as all have done since her father's death?
3. In Chapter Thirteen of Volume Four, what does Emily fear has befallen Valancourt?
4. In Chapter Thirteen of Volume Four, who knocks on the door, shocking Emily into a faint?
5. Who escorts Emily and Maddelina when they take walks together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Emily's likeness to the Marchioness' portrait foreshadow?
2. What incident in Chapter Seven of Volume Four increases the reputation of the Marchioness de Villeroi's chamber at Chateau le Blanc as being haunted?
3. In Chapter Nine of Volume Three, Emily composes a poem called "The Mariner". What role do Emily's poems play throughout the story?
4. In Chapter One of Volume Three, why does Emily think Bernardine might murder her as well as her aunt?
5. Explain the encounter Count De Villefort, the St. Foixes and Blanche have with the banditti in Chapter Twelve of Volume Four and who they are reunited with as a result.
6. What is Montoni's reaction to his wife's death?
7. Who has taken care of Theresa financially during Emily's absence from La Vallee, and what does this provision indicate?
8. What is Monsieur Quesnel's response to Emily's letter in Chapter Twelve of Volume Three?
9. What room at the Chateau le Blanc is supposedly haunted?
10. Although Emily refuses Valancourt in Chapter Ten of Volume Three, what evidence is there that she still loves him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the relationships of Emily and Valancourt, Blanche and St Foixe, and Annette and Ludovico. Do either of the secondary characters' romances mirror that of Emily and Valancourt? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the concept of gender roles in The Mysteries of Udolpho. Give examples of how at least three of the following characters exhibit typical or atypical gender role behavior for the era in which the novel is set: Annette, Madame Montoni, the Marchioness de Villeroi, Emily, Valancourt, Monsieur Quensel, Montoni, and Count Morano. What do you think Ann Radcliffe is trying to say about gender roles in 1584 society through these characters? Is she also perhaps trying to say something about gender roles in her era of 1794? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
The Mysteries of Udolpho contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite at least three examples of foreshadowing in the novel and how they are used to indicate events to come.
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