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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. Where is Lady Armitage spend time walking while she waits for Ned in Chapter 12?
2. In Chapter 18, what surprising information does Cecilia get about Miss Darlington?
3. What threat does Morvath use to try to make Cecilia leave the secret passage?
4. What are the women of the Wisteria Society doing at the beginning of Chapter 18, while Cecilia stands watch at the door?
5. What does Ned pretend to see in order to slow Cecilia down enough to catch her as she is running through the portrait gallery?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What comparison does Alex make between Cecilia and her mother, and what is Cecilia's reaction?
3. What running joke about Jacobsen's name is introduced in Chapter 12, and what motif is this joke a part of?
4. 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?
5. What is so upsetting to Ned about Cecilia's "defensive tones" when she is talking about her paternal heritage (128)?
6. What is the rhetorical function of the extended description of the dinner that Ned, Cecilia, and Lady Armitage prepare in Chapter 13?
7. 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?
8. What does Ned tell Cecilia right before he kisses her in the broom closet, and how does she respond?
9. What is Cecilia's reasoning for suggesting that she and Ned spend some time alone in her bedroom before they rejoin the rest of the Wisteria Society?
10. Describe Queen Victoria as she appears in this text.
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 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 2
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels is an example of a sub-genre called "historical romance." Do some research into this genre and then write an essay that explains how this novel exemplifies the sub-genre. Be sure to consider characteristics of setting, plot, characterization, and theme; support your ideas with evidence from the text and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a chapter of the book to focus on. Write an essay that examines how comic diction in this chapter supports the text's overall meaning. Study Holton's word choices carefully and then consider what categories her comic diction falls into. Do all of these categories support meaning in the same way, or do their purposes differ? They might support tone, establish character, point out incongruities, or perform other significant tasks, depending on which chapter you choose. Support your claims with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the novel.
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