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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. How does Archie become wealthy?
2. Where is the first place Thea is staying when she decides she needs to look for a new room?
3. Why is Archie afraid to see Thea performing in New York?
4. What does Thea plan to do with her mother when she gets sick?
5. Who helps Archie with his work and his house?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Thea's thoughts on music change during her time at Ottenburg Ranch?
2. What is different for Thea about the Mexican ball?
3. What key piece of information does Cather insert into Tillie's recollection about her time in Kansas City with Thea?
4. How does Archie react when he sees Thea after her performance in New York?
5. Why is Thea relieved after she tells Archie the story of her and Ottenburg?
6. Why does Thea refuse to take money from Ottenburg?
7. Why does the medical student come to visit Thea when she is sick?
8. How does Thea's family respond to her attendance and singing at the Mexican ball?
9. How does Thea help herself fall asleep the night before her big performance?
10. What epiphany does Thea have on music and water while at Ottenburg Ranch?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Conduct a character analysis of Tillie. What does she represent in the text? What does she contribute to the story? How does she develop other characters? What is the reader to make of the fact that she is the only one left in Moonstone when the novel concludes?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Cather introduce the character of the tramp? What function does he serve? Is he a necessary part of the story? What does he show the reader about at least one other character in "The Song of the Lark"?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the Kronborg's and Archies' marriages, making sure to use specific examples and quotations from your text in your essay.
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