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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 does the governess do when she goes to the hall after sensing movement?

2. What are Miles and Flora doing while the governess and Mrs. Grose talk in Chapter 11?

3. What else is included in the letter the governess receives?

4. What does the governess cling to as the children's saving point?

5. What does the governess say to Miles about the letter of expulsion in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Grose respond when the governess first tells her about the stranger that she has seen twice at Bly?

2. In Chapter 2, when the governess first questions Mrs. Grose after learning of Miles' expulsion, what does she learn about her predecessor?

3. How do the governess and Mrs. Grose get along?

4. Describe the governess' thoughts on the way to church.

5. What does Miles discuss with the governess when she visits him in his room one evening?

6. In Chapter 5, after seeing the stranger for the second time, who does the governess confide in, and what is it about?

7. Describe the scene between Miles and the governess after dinner the day that Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly.

8. Describe the children's history that the employer tells the governess.

9. Describe Peter Quint's death.

10. How does Flora react to the supernatural presence at the lake, and how does the governess believe Flora will react to questioning about the ghosts at Bly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the retrospection of writing her manuscript, the governess mentions that addressing the supernatural events may have saved her from future events. How is this both accurate and inaccurate? Why does the governess refrain from mentioning the events? How would "The Turn of the Screw" be altered if the governess asked Miles and Flora about the ghosts after she first realized the presence of Bly's supernatural visitors?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the employer's demand that the governess not contact him. Why does he do this? Why does the governess adhere so strictly to this demand? How does it affect the governess' actions and decisions? How would "The Turn of the Screw" be altered if the employer did not give this mandate?

Essay Topic 3

There is a strong sense of ambiguity in the governess' discussions with Miles and Flora about the ghosts. Describe the many ambiguous conversations and actions concerning the ghosts throughout "The Turn of the Screw". Why is this not more direct? How would a direct conversation about the ghosts change the story?

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