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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. After her conversation with Ned in Chapter 8, what does Cecilia begin to suspect about the Wisteria Society women?
2. What are the women referring to when they speak of the "Great Peril" (81)?
3. Where are Oply and Tom while the women are making their way to the Ancient Mariner?
4. How does Lady Armitage feel when she thinks that Cecilia is really dead?
5. When the narrative describes the Wisteria Society women inside the Ancient Mariner as "an Impressionist's fever dream," what claim is being made about their appearance (79)?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, why does Miss Darlington suddenly bring the house into town to pick up Cecilia?
2. What does Cecilia hope will happen when she tells the Wisteria Society women about Lady Armitage's assassination attempt, and what actually happens?
3. What is unusual about Pleasance's mental state?
4. What is paradoxical about Lady Armitage's attitude toward Cecilia in Chapter 2?
5. What is ironic about the Chapter 1 conversation about Miss Darlington's concerns over how she would have handled Ned had he tried to break in when she was alone in the house?
6. What is really happening as Cecilia views herself as "calm, impassive, undisturbed by fears" at dinner?
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. What is the history of Cecilia's relationship with Jane Fairweather?
10. Where does Ned first lie down to sleep, and why does he quickly move to sleep elsewhere?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze Pleasance's character. How is she characterized? How do other characters treat her? What does this say about the other characters? What messages are being conveyed about servants through her character? How does her character both support and undermine the idea that class hierarchies are natural and just? Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
How does Holton's use of paraprosdokian support the novel's motif of things that are unexpected? Write an essay in which you support a claim that she uses many examples of paraprosdokian and then go on to show how this technique forms part of a larger pattern of "unexpectedness" in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about what The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels conveys about ambition. Consider how setting, plot details, and characterization impact the reader's understanding of this question. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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