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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 Hartley mention that Fitch still has from his army days, though she mentions this in passing?

2. What room in the house where Charles lives contains windows in its walls?

3. Where is Fitch during the time that Hartley and Charles are able to talk to each other?

4. What are the two things which came with the house that Charles bought? An exotically framed mirror and an ugly _________.

5. Charles prays that he be allowed to find Hartley and to make her _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charles attempt to calm himself after his encounter with Hartley?

2. What does Charles get to witness when he sneaks into the garden of Nibletts?

3. What did Charles intend for the first paragraph of his writing in the book?

4. When Charles asks Peregrine who his first love was, who does Peregrine name for his answer?

5. What does Hartley reveal as part of the reason why Titus ran away from home and from Fitch and Hartley?

6. What happens when Charles begins to desire the company of a man when he is in London?

7. What does Charles say about the situation in which he has placed himself as he is writing?

8. What does Rosina confess to doing in order to haunt Charles in his house at Shruff End?

9. What does Hartley tearfully admit to Charles when he finds her the next day in the market?

10. What is the prediction that Charles makes for the decision Lizzie will make about being with Gilbert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At times, one might say that James is much like Charles, providing a mirror of his own actions.

Part 1: How do you think James mirrors the actions of Charles?

Part 2: Why do you think James needs to be a part of Charles life and of his story?

Part 3: Do you think that James is a good person? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The house of Shruff End seems to be a living and breathing person in the story as well, with moods and with mysteries.

Part 1: What do you think the inner room of the house was intended to be? Why?

Part 2: Why do you think Charles needed to live in this particular house for the story?

Part 3: How does the house affect the course of the story? If not, why doesn't it affect the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

The manipulative nature of Charles is something that is more and more striking as the book progresses.

Part 1: Why do you think Charles thinks it's okay to break up a marriage?

Part 2: Why do you think Charles believes it's okay to talk to a women via letter, begging her to come be with him?

Part 3: Why do you think Charles believes it's okay to use Titus in order to see Hartley?

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