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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 say to Miles about the letter of expulsion in Chapter 4?

2. What does the governess do about the children in Chapter 9?

3. Who does the governess believe the presence at the lake is?

4. What is the content of the letter the governess receives?

5. Who does the governess think Peter Quint is after?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the second time that the governess sees the stranger.

2. Describe how the governess views and treats the children.

3. Describe the governess' initial opinion of Bly.

4. What happens after the governess sees the stranger for the second time, as he stares through the dining room window?

5. The morning after the governess' conversation with Miles in his room, what does Mrs. Grose ask the governess, and what does the governess hide?

6. What do the governess and Mrs. Grose find at the lake when they search for Flora?

7. Describe Peter Quint's activities on the evening that the governess senses movement in the halls.

8. How do the children and Mrs. Grose react to the governess' absence from church?

9. Describe how the governess retrospectively views the period immediately after Miles' arrival at Bly.

10. What happens when the governess returns to her bedroom after seeing Peter Quint in the stairway?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Mrs. Grose is of a lower class than the governess, the governess confides in Mrs. Grose about the supernatural events that take place at Bly, and her worries about Miles and Flora. Compare and contrast the governess and Mrs. Grose. How is their friendship unusual? In what ways does the governess rely on Mrs. Grose? In what ways does Mrs. Grose rely on the governess?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Throughout "The Turn of the Screw", the governess emphasizes her superiority over other characters and alters her description of events to make herself appear in a better light. Why does the governess do this? Who is she trying to impress, and why? How is the governess in the story different from the governess who reflects upon the events as she writes the manuscript?

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