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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 instrument does Harding play?

2. What is the name of the beadsman who mutters "he didn't know" over and over?

3. What is the name of Grantly's wife?

4. Harding asks Bold if who will ever get use of her limb again?

5. Who says, "You shall do just what your heart tells you to be right; you shall do whatever you think best yourself"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harding react when Eleanor describes Bold as her enemy?

2. What does Grantly warn Harding that will happen if he gives up his position?

3. Why is Harding hesitant to let Grantly take on Bold in a legal battle?

4. What does Grantly say when he confronts the beadsmen about taking legal action?

5. How do Bold and the beadsmen feel when they read an article about Harding in the newspaper?

6. What happens when Bold goes to visit Harding, hoping to demand a detailed statement of the hospital's accounts?

7. How does a newspaper article describe Harding?

8. Why does the narrator say he has made up the town of Barchester?

9. Why does Harding tell Eleanor to go for a walk after he gets done visiting at the bishop's palace?

10. What do Grantly and the bishop tell Harding when he asks what should be done about the slander the Jupiter published against him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the author's use of names throughout the book. What are some of the telling names he gives his characters? Why do you think he uses the obvious names? For at least three characters, explain what you think he is trying to convey to his readers with these names. Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the relationship between Grantly and his father, the bishop. What roles do Grantly and his father play at the church? What roles do they seem to play in their families? How does the bishop seem to feel about his son? How does Grantly seem to feel about the bishop? Why do you think the bishop always lets his son take charge of situations?

Essay Topic 3

Explore Harding's willingness to fight to give up his position as warden. Why does Harding suddenly decide to fight? How has he acted prior to this? What examples can you think of for times he did not fight for what he wanted? Why do you think he chooses this time to not let Grantly boss him around? Is it important that Grantly and Susan think he is being foolish? Why or why not?

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