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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. What surprises Cecilia about the hotel where she and Ned stay the night?
2. When Ned is trying to decide what Cecilia's nickname should be, to what flower does he compare her?
3. How did Morvath's adoptive parents die?
4. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?
5. Whom does Ned tell Cecilia is the traitor within the Wisteria Society?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?
2. How does Miss Darlington's confusion about an acronym lead to Darlington House being fired upon when it lands in Ottery St. Mary?
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. How does Cecilia's behavior continue to deteriorate after dinner, and what does Ned do in response?
5. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?
6. What is the fate of the book of Wordsworth poems that Cecilia is reading while she drives the carriage in Chapter 9?
7. How many husbands has Lady Armitage had, and what are their fates?
8. What is Morvath's plan for England?
9. What does Cecilia understand about Miss Brown's nighttime encounter with Tom Eames that Miss Brown herself fails to understand?
10. What is the history of Cecilia's relationship with Jane Fairweather?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the symbolic potential of the flying houses in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. How do the rules of propriety especially limit the lives of middle- and upper-class women in this text? What are some of the ways in which their flying houses give the pirate women a kind of freedom other women of their social standing lack? Why flying houses as opposed to flying ships--or just regular ships? Write an essay that takes and defends a position about the symbol of flying houses in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels, considering these questions as well as any others you think are relevant. Offer evidence from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
How does The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels both parody and pay homage to the Victorian Gothic novel? Write an essay that first uses research from outside sources to establish the conventions of the Victorian Gothic--its typical language, plot, characters, and settings. Then, write a section that shows how The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels pays homage to these conventions. Finally, conclude your essay with a section that shows how The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels parodies some of these same conventions. Offer both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the novel to support your claims; be sure to cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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