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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. In Chapter 19, what royal occasion does the queen decide to invite Miss Darlington to?
2. When Pleasance smells smoke and realizes that fire might be on its way, what is her first thought?
3. Whom do the portraits in the gallery depict?
4. When Cecilia, Ned, and Lady Armitage are talking in the woods during the scouting mission in Chapter 13, what does Ned begin to suspect Cecilia is planning?
5. The title of Chapter 11, "...The Senselessness and Insensibility of Reading Wuthering Heights...." is an example of which technique?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Cecilia wakes in Northangerland Abbey, what evidence does she consider for and against Ned's involvement with her father?
2. What is Oply's strategy for getting her way with Tom?
3. As Pleasance cares for the wounded Miss Darlington, how does their exchange about tea reveal both Miss Darlington's affection for Pleasance and the class divide between the two women?
4. When Ned realizes that Cecilia has a hangover, how does he explain it to her, and why?
5. What is the surface content of Jane and Cecilia's first conversation in Morvath's breakfast room, and what is their real purpose underneath this surface?
6. What does Ned tell Cecilia right before he kisses her in the broom closet, and how does she respond?
7. What precaution does Ned take so that Lady Armitage will not be aware of his and Cecilia's scouting mission in Chapter 13, and how does Lady Armitage evade his plans?
8. Describe Queen Victoria as she appears in this text.
9. What startling claim does Lady Armitage make about pneumonia in Chapter 13, and what related critique of Miss Darlington does she make?
10. What is the rhetorical function of the extended description of the dinner that Ned, Cecilia, and Lady Armitage prepare in Chapter 13?
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
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels is replete with allusions to Victorian-era texts. Choose one such allusion and write an essay about its significance. Explain the allusion and its implications, then explain what light this allusion sheds on a character or characters in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Offer evidence from the text in support of your claims, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
There are some novels in which the action and characters are tightly bound to the novel's setting, and others where the action and characters could be from any time and place. What role does setting play in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels? Write an essay that considers how important the setting of Victorian England is to this novel. Offer textual evidence to support your claims.
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