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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. When war breaks throughout Europe, what military position does an energetic and patriotic Stephen join?

2. Who visits Stephen and Mary at their home on Christmas Eve, suggesting they pay a visit to Valerie Seymour?

3. Where does Stephen's friend Mary have family?

4. After her banishment from Morton, Stephen purchases a small flat in London with whom?

5. On which holiday does Stephen celebrate her twenty-seventh birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What career path has Stephen chosen upon leaving Morton?

2. What is Rue Jacob?

3. How does Stephen spoil Mary when they return to Paris after the war?

4. What type of tour does Brockett give to Stephen once she arrives in Paris, and what is Stephen's reaction to the tour?

5. How does Raferty prompt Stephen to return home to Morton?

6. What is the reaction from the public to Stephen's third book?

7. How does Stephen trick Mary into leaving her, and what is Mary's reaction to this trick?

8. How does Mary feel when she learns that Martin is in love with her?

9. How is Stephen injured during the war?

10. What gossip begins to emerge about Stephen and Mary while they are on their first vacation together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After moving to Paris, Stephen and Mary make a very close group of friends who share in their same lifestyle. First, describe three members of the group of friends. What lessons about homosexuality do Mary and Stephen learn from this new group of friends? What does each of the women, both Stephen and Mary, gain from having a group of openly gay friends in Paris? How does the feeling of camaraderie shape Stephen's view of herself and of her relationship with Mary?

Essay Topic 2

Barbara and Jamie have a very tumultuous, yet loving, lesbian relationship through which Stephen learns a lot about herself and her own relationship with Mary. First, describe the relationship between Jamie and Barbara. How do they function together as a couple on a daily basis? Then, describe how Jamie and Barbara are eventually separated? Why was this event of separation the only option for Jamie and Barbara at the time? Finally, describe what Stephen learned about grief and loss through watching Jamie and Barbara's relationship? How did this lesson affect Stephen's own relationship with Mary?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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