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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 does Anticant condemn harshly?

2. Where does Harding go after dinner on his second day in London?

3. Where does Bold go immediately Eleanor visits him?

4. Who says, "Mr. Bold can't dispute the truth of every word in that article you have just read--nor can I."

5. What does Tom show Bold that angers him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Grantly's idea for how Harding can remain employed?

2. How does Tom seem to feel about his position at the newspaper?

3. Why does Eleanor decide to visit Bold at the beginning of Chapter 11 "Iphigenia"?

4. What is Harding's plan for he and Eleanor after the lawsuit is over?

5. What happens when Grantly tells Bold he cannot back out of the legal situation?

6. Why does Harding plan to sell his furniture when he resigns?

7. How does Bold react when he comes home and finds Eleanor there crying?

8. Why does Harding decide not to spend his second day in London in his hotel?

9. How does Bold respond when Eleanor begs him to promise that he will stop the legal proceedings against her father?

10. How does Bold feel when he reads about Harding in a magazine called "The Almshouse"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the character of Anticant. Why is it important that Anticant cannot see anything other than "good" and "evil" within a person's motives? How does this relate to the novel as a whole? Who else in the novel seems to have trouble seeing any gray area when it comes to good and evil?

Essay Topic 2

Looking at the ending of the story, why do you think the author gave his readers a mostly happy ending? Were you surprised by the ending? Who did not get a happy ending? Why do you think these characters did not get a happy ending? In what way was their situation different?

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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