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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. With what disease has Evelyn recently been diagnosed?

2. What causes Celia anxiety in Chapter 40?

3. Where do Evelyn and Celia marry?

4. Where does Evelyn visit Celia to beg for forgiveness in Chapter 45?

5. What does Evelyn send to Celia following her Academy Award win?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Celia and Evelyn frequently argue, as Evelyn explains in Chapter 37?

2. How has Don Adler changed in Chapter 43? How does Evelyn feel about him now?

3. What is Three A.M. and how does it affect Evelyn’s career in Chapter 45?

4. What is Evelyn’s last official marriage in Chapter 59? What private marriage also occurs in Chapter 59?

5. What shocking news does Celia reveal in Chapter 55?

6. What shocking news does Evelyn receive in Chapter 29? How does Celia react to this news?

7. How does Celia feel about Evelyn’s desire to have a baby, as explained in Chapter 40?

8. What does Evelyn achieve in Chapter 32? How does she achieve this?

9. What personal information does Evelyn reveal to Monique in Chapter 66?

10. With what does Max threaten Evelyn in Chapter 54? Why? How does she respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Evelyn answer this question? How would Monique? What about other characters, such as Celia and Harry?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Evelyn’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a good person? In what ways is she seemingly selfish or makes poor choices?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. How does the title reflect the main characters? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does the title’s meaning change over the course of the novel?

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