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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 Stephen sit with in the living room while waiting to hear the report on Sir Phillip's injuries?

2. How does Stephen react when learning of Collin's disorder?

3. After meeting for the first time and spending time briefly at Angela's home, what does Angela invite Stephen to do once they part ways?

4. What does Stephen learn about herself through her relationship with Martin?

5. Sir Phillip desires Stephen attend which university?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first real cause of tension in the relationship between Stephen and Angela?

2. Why is Mademoiselle Duphot released from her services at Morton?

3. What relieves the tension in the Morton household around Christmastime when Stephen is eighteen years old?

4. What purchase does Stephen make for Angela while on her way home from the vacation in Cornwall?

5. What milestone does Lady Anna hope Stephen will meet by the time she is seventeen years old?

6. How does Mademoiselle Duphot treat Stephen when she is hired by the family to help care for the girl?

7. What does Stephen think about Angela's husband when she meets him for the first time?

8. Where do Stephen and Angela share their first kiss?

9. What event causes Stephen to explode in anger at Collins?

10. What is the direct result of Violet Antrim's gossip on Stephen's checkbook?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Stephen's relationship with her mother is often strained, she is introduced to many other women who offer her affection and support. Choose two of these characters and describe their relationships with Stephen. Where did Stephen meet these women? What types of support did they offer to Stephen? What lessons did Stephen learn from these women at a time in her life when she desperately needed a mother?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of alienation is prevalent in this novel. First, describe the way that homosexuals are presented in the novel. How does their presentation illustrate the theme of alienation? Then, choose one other group of people discussed in this novel that are also ostracized. What is the same about their feeling of aloneness? What is different? What connection do you think Hall is making between these two groups of people through their feelings of being ostracized?

Essay Topic 3

When she is a child, Stephen has almost everything she could ever want while living in Morton. First, describe the setting of Morton for a young girl like Stephen to grow up in. What advantages did she have growing up there? How did each of her parents try to create the best life possible for Stephen? Then, explain why, even though her parents tried very hard to please her, Stephen still felt as though something was missing from her life.

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