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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 are the "tiny white wishes" that Cecilia is focused on in the scene at Greenwich with her mother (195)?
2. When Pleasance smells smoke and realizes that fire might be on its way, what is her first thought?
3. What do Queen Victoria's remarks about Ned cause Oply to realize?
4. What object does Jane Fairweather attack Ned with as they leave the secret passage?
5. The title of Chapter 11, "...The Senselessness and Insensibility of Reading Wuthering Heights...." is an example of which technique?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Oply's strategy for getting her way with Tom?
2. What running joke about Jacobsen's name is introduced in Chapter 12, and what motif is this joke a part of?
3. When Cecilia and Ned are in the portrait gallery and she announces her plan to kill Morvath, what does Ned tell her?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. When the guard catches Ned and Cecilia in the gallery, what does Ned chat to the guard about, and what is the real purpose of his commentary?
7. Where are the queen and Oply at the beginning of Chapter 19, and what are they doing?
8. What is ironic about Cecilia's concern for Miss Fairweather in the scene in the breakfast room at Northangerland Abbey?
9. When they are in the secret garden and Cecilia disappears into Millie's house to get a ladder, what mystifies her about Ned's reaction?
10. When Ned realizes that Cecilia has a hangover, how does he explain it to her, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explicate Chapter 26 and argue why it serves as a logical conclusion to the novel that has come before it. How is this chapter the logical culmination of the novel's plot, characterization, and motifs? Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about what The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels conveys about heritage and identity. Consider how both plot details and characterization impact the reader's understanding of this question. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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