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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 "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?
2. Why does Morvath have a hard time locating the door to the secret passage in the gallery?
3. On page 243, what does Ned say when he sees the building Morvath is flying explode?
4. In the breakfast room of Northangerland Abbey, what is Cecilia's response to her father's greeting?
5. After dinner in Chapter 13, what suspicion does Ned share with Cecilia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What running joke about Jacobsen's name is introduced in Chapter 12, and what motif is this joke a part of?
2. What does Ned tell Cecilia right before he kisses her in the broom closet, and how does she respond?
3. What is so upsetting to Ned about Cecilia's "defensive tones" when she is talking about her paternal heritage (128)?
4. Describe Queen Victoria as she appears in this text.
5. What comparison does Alex make between Cecilia and her mother, and what is Cecilia's reaction?
6. Describe the place in the abbey where the Wisteria Society battlehouses have been moored.
7. Where are the queen and Oply at the beginning of Chapter 19, and what are they doing?
8. 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?
9. What daydream of Ned's makes it clear that he is not fully paying attention to what Cecilia is telling him about their future?
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
How does Holton use irony to support meaning in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels? Write an essay that explores her use of irony and then connects irony to the larger meaning of the novel. Offer both quoted and paraphrased evidence in support of your claims.
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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