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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. Why does Lady Armitage wish to have Cecilia killed?
2. What does Cecilia threaten to stab Ned with in Chapter 1?
3. Why does Miss Darlington tell Cecilia to find out if the teahouse has a library?
4. On page 78, what criticism does Miss Darlington make of Miss Brown's language when they are just outside the Ancient Mariner?
5. What does Cecilia tell Oply is the reason that Jane is not yet a senior member of the Wisteria Society?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cecilia's behavior continue to deteriorate after dinner, and what does Ned do in response?
2. What does Cecilia think is ironic about servants being allowed to fly houses?
3. What is ironic about the Wisteria Society's motto and their activities at the meeting that Cecila and Miss Darlington walk into at the beginning of Chapter 6?
4. What are the two competing stories that Ned has heard about Morvath's marriage to Cilla?
5. What does Cecilia hope will happen when she tells the Wisteria Society women about Lady Armitage's assassination attempt, and what actually happens?
6. In Chapter 8, what plan for Cecilia does Morvath reveal to Ned, and what motivates Morvath's plan?
7. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?
8. What details of Ned's appearance in Chapter 1 cause Cecilia to assume that he is a pirate?
9. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?
10. How many husbands has Lady Armitage had, and what are their fates?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about what The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels conveys about the idea of "home." Consider how setting, plot details, and characterization impact the reader's understanding of this question. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
In what sense does The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels comment as much upon modern Western society as it does upon Victorian society? How does this novel reflect our ambivalence toward the past and our mixed reception of progressive ideas? Support your assertions with evidence from the text; if you incorporate information from outside sources, be sure to cite these in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explicate Chapter 26 and argue why it serves as a logical conclusion to the novel that has come before it. How is this chapter the logical culmination of the novel's plot, characterization, and motifs? Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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