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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 is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?

2. Why does George laugh at Lydia?

3. How much did they pay for their home?

4. What are the children doing when Dr. McClean arrives?

5. What turns on and off as they walk through the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George find of his in the corner where the lions where feeding?

2. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.

3. George threatens to turn the entire house off for a month, how does Peter react?

4. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?

5. Why does Lydia “bolt and run”?

6. What do the vultures in the African veldt scene indicate?

7. How does Peter threaten his father?

8. Lydia says about the nursery: “It’s supposed to help them work off their neuroses in a healthful way.” What does this mean? Has it worked?

9. Explain how the nursery conjures the African veldt.

10. Why do George and Lydia suppose that they cannot change the nursery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels.

Compare and contrast the characters of George and Lydia. How do they react differently to the children? To the nursery? How are their reactions similar? How do they view their lives as a family? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.?

Essay Topic 2

The Veldt is told from the third person point of view in George’s perspective. Characters are an important part of what makes The Veldt interesting.

Thoroughly discuss and analyze George. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

When Lydia first notices that something is not quite right about the nursery, she wants to call a psychologist. What function do psychologists have in this society?

Why does Lydia feel it is necessary to call a psychologist for the nursery? How are the profession and the machine connected? What will the psychologist analyze? What information can be gained? What is David McClean’s reaction to the nursery? How does he represent the voice of reason?

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