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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 is directing the movie recommended by Celia to Evelyn in Chapter 41?

2. What does Monique admire about Evelyn in Chapter 58?

3. With what disease has Celia been diagnosed, as revealed in Chapter 55?

4. With what does Celia taunt Evelyn in Chapter 37?

5. Who is Celia’s new best friend, as revealed by the tabloids in Chapter 48?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Evelyn spend her time following the death of Celia, as explained in Chapter 62? What ends her routine?

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

3. What does Evelyn realize about her new husband in Chapter 52? How does she feel about this understanding?

4. What does Monique decide about her marriage in Chapter 50?

5. Whom does Evelyn marry in Chapter 30? Why?

6. How does Evelyn Hugo die, as revealed in Chapter 69? How old is she at her death?

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

8. Who is Luisa and how does she impact Evelyn’s self-image in Chapter 31?

9. What secret does Evelyn reveal to Monique in Chapter 64? What does Monique realize?

10. Why does Celia leave Evelyn in Chapter 45?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evelyn finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the novel and on the other characters.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the Academy Awards in the novel. How does the Oscar symbolize the main characters? How does the symbolize the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does it change in meaning over the course of the novel?

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