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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. Who serves as the governess' confidant?
2. In retrospect, what amazes the governess about her thoughts after Miles returns to Bly?
3. Who are the children in relation to the governess' employer?
4. What is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
5. What does the governess find when she returns to her room after her encounter in the hallway?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the governess' initial opinion of Bly.
2. How does the governess intend to save Miles after she sends Mrs. Grose and Flora to her employer?
3. Describe Mrs. Grose's opinion about Miss Jessel and Peter Quint when the governess questions her about them.
4. Describe Peter Quint's death.
5. Why does the governess experience uncertainty twice in Chapter 1?
6. Why does the governess refrain from mentioning the ghosts to the children?
7. 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?
8. After seeing Peter Quint in the stairway and returning to her room to find Flora behind the window blind, what does the governess see from the window, and what does she think about it?
9. What does Miles discuss with the governess when she visits him in his room one evening?
10. Describe the children's history that the employer tells the governess.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Many critics suggest that the ghosts in "The Turn of the Screw" are not real but a figment of the governess' imagination. What do you think? Support your answer with evidence from the text. How do you account for Mrs. Grose's being unable to see Miss Jessel or Miles naming Peter Quint at the end of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
The governess assumes that Miles and Flora are innocent as soon as she meets them because they are attractive; however, the ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint are attractive as well. What is the validity of judgment based on appearances? How do the appearances of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel help the governess to judge Miles and Flora more objectively? What is the message of this theme?
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