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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 does Ned steal from one of the Wisteria Society houses in Chapter 6?
2. What surprises Cecilia about the hotel where she and Ned stay the night?
3. What does Jane imply is unladylike about Oply?
4. What does Miss Darlington tell Cecilia the government's reason is for persecuting pirates?
5. Who fires shots at Darlington House as it comes in for a landing in Ottery St. Mary?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cecilia hope will happen when she tells the Wisteria Society women about Lady Armitage's assassination attempt, and what actually happens?
2. Where does Ned first lie down to sleep, and why does he quickly move to sleep elsewhere?
3. What is unusual about Pleasance's mental state?
4. How many husbands has Lady Armitage had, and what are their fates?
5. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?
6. What does Cecilia understand about Miss Brown's nighttime encounter with Tom Eames that Miss Brown herself fails to understand?
7. How does Miss Darlington's confusion about an acronym lead to Darlington House being fired upon when it lands in Ottery St. Mary?
8. What does Cecilia think is ironic about servants being allowed to fly houses?
9. How is Miss Darlington's Chapter 4 reaction to Cecilia walking two miles typical of her treatment of Cecilia in general?
10. Who is Cecilia's father, and why does Cecilia read Bronte novels in hopes of understanding him better?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the characterizations of Cilla, Cecilia, and Miss Darlington. Establish what these characters have in common, how these characteristics are conveyed by the text, and how the similarities and differences in their characterizations support the novel's overall meaning. Support your claims with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the text's treatment of gender disparities with its treatment of class disparities. Which one does the text take more seriously? Where is the text's empathy more clearly directed? Does the text fully succeed in its commentary on either? Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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