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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. Part of the title of Chapter 18 is "The Villain's Denouement"--what does "denouement" refer to in this context?
2. What does Ned surprise Cecilia by revealing when they are arguing about her father in the morning at The Knowles hotel?
3. In Chapter 12, what solution does Cecilia offer to the problem of the patriarchy?
4. What technique is evidence in Ned's thought that there is "a wind-colored silence" in Cecilia's eyes (128)?
5. In Chapter 18, whom does Morvath learn might be his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Oply's strategy for getting her way with Tom?
2. 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?
3. When Ned realizes that Cecilia has a hangover, how does he explain it to her, and why?
4. What is ironic about Cecilia's concern for Miss Fairweather in the scene in the breakfast room at Northangerland Abbey?
5. In what way were Cilla's and Patrick's parenting styles ill-suited to Cecilia's temperament?
6. When Cecilia and Ned are in the portrait gallery and she announces her plan to kill Morvath, what does Ned tell her?
7. What is happening when Ned and Cecilia argue about Ned intruding on Lady Armitage's "intimate presence," and what is their argument really about (144)?
8. What running joke about Jacobsen's name is introduced in Chapter 12, and what motif is this joke a part of?
9. What is so upsetting to Ned about Cecilia's "defensive tones" when she is talking about her paternal heritage (128)?
10. Describe the place in the abbey where the Wisteria Society battlehouses have been moored.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze Pleasance's character. How is she characterized? How do other characters treat her? What does this say about the other characters? What messages are being conveyed about servants through her character? How does her character both support and undermine the idea that class hierarchies are natural and just? Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze illness as metaphor in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. How do concerns about illness manifest themselves in this text, and why is it likely that they are a disguise for other concerns? What are those concerns? Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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