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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. Why does Mr. Hargrave offer Helen protection in Chapter 39?

2. In Chapter 48, how does Helen describe her husband?

3. How does Mr. Lawrence feel about asking Helen to allow Mr. Markham to tell her story to others?

4. At the end of Chapter 52, what does Mr. Markham decide to do?

5. How does Mr. Walter Hargrave try to win over Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Markham finally say to Helen after her husband's death?

2. In Chapter 51, how does Eliza mislead Mr. Markham?

3. What happens when Mr. Huntingdon hires a governess?

4. In Chapter 48, what does Helen write in a letter?

5. In Chapter 37, how does Mr. Hargrave try to convince Helen to have an affair?

6. In Chapter 31, what bothers Helen about Lady Lowborough when she visits to hunt?

7. What does Mr. Huntingdon do after reading Helen's diary?

8. How does Helen get her son to stop drinking alcohol?

9. How does Mr. Hargrave react when he learns of Helen's plans to leave her husband?

10. In Chapter 33, what does Helen overhear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What commentary on marriage does "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" provide? How is this institution developed? How is it at odds with society? How is it at odds with the individual? What purpose does marriage have?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the format of the novel as a set of letters and diary. What is effective about this? What is ineffective?

Essay Topic 3

What role does religion play in this novel? How is religion a theme?

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