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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. Whom does Miss Darlington suspect of being behind the butler's theft of the house?
2. What two forms of speech does Cecilia forbid Ned from using while they are on their way into the hotel?
3. Why does Ned have to travel by foot or horseback?
4. What new claim about his employment does Ned make in Chapter 8?
5. When Ned thinks of Cilla as an "enigmatic" person, what does this mean is true about Cilla (88)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Where does Ned first lie down to sleep, and why does he quickly move to sleep elsewhere?
5. What is the history of Cecilia's relationship with Jane Fairweather?
6. What does Cecilia hope will happen when she tells the Wisteria Society women about Lady Armitage's assassination attempt, and what actually happens?
7. What is really happening as Cecilia views herself as "calm, impassive, undisturbed by fears" at dinner?
8. What details of Ned's appearance in Chapter 1 cause Cecilia to assume that he is a pirate?
9. What is the fate of the book of Wordsworth poems that Cecilia is reading while she drives the carriage in Chapter 9?
10. How does Miss Darlington's confusion about an acronym lead to Darlington House being fired upon when it lands in Ottery St. Mary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Choose a chapter of the book to focus on. Write an essay that explicates the use of hyperbole, repetition, juxtaposition, comic timing, incongruity, word play, and comic stereotypes in this chapter. You need not focus on all seven techniques if they are not present in the chapter you choose, but you should identify and explain examples of any that are present in the chapter. If a technique occurs only once, discuss that single example. If a technique occurs two or more times, you need only discuss two instances of the technique. Be sure that your explanations include a discussion of why each technique is what you say it is and commentary on how this technique supports meaning in the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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