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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. Whose butler has stolen her house?
2. After her conversation with Ned in Chapter 8, what does Cecilia begin to suspect about the Wisteria Society women?
3. What is the name of the house where Cecilia lived when she was a small child?
4. Who is Black Beryl?
5. Where are Oply and Tom while the women are making their way to the Ancient Mariner?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?
2. How is Miss Darlington's Chapter 4 reaction to Cecilia walking two miles typical of her treatment of Cecilia in general?
3. Who is Cecilia's father, and why does Cecilia read Bronte novels in hopes of understanding him better?
4. What is paradoxical about Lady Armitage's attitude toward Cecilia in Chapter 2?
5. What is the fate of the book of Wordsworth poems that Cecilia is reading while she drives the carriage in Chapter 9?
6. What does Cecilia think is ironic about servants being allowed to fly houses?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 4, why does Miss Darlington suddenly bring the house into town to pick up Cecilia?
9. What is really happening as Cecilia views herself as "calm, impassive, undisturbed by fears" at dinner?
10. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?
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 ambition. 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
On pages 289-291, Pleasance and Cecilia have a conversation about their dreams of equality. This talk is what the chapter's title refers to as "A Bechdel Test Conversation." Look up the meaning of "Bechdel Test." Then, write an essay in which you consider how seriously the text takes the idea of the Bechdel test and whether this has any impact on the reader's reception of the text's feminist messages. Support your claims with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
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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