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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 is Miles' answer when Mrs. Grose confronts him about spending time with Peter Quint?
2. What does the governess see when she looks out a window after waking to find Flora standing by the window?
3. Before going to church, why does the governess return to the house the evening after the morning that she misses church?
4. In Chapter 4, how does the governess view her charges?
5. Who offers to tell a scary story about two children?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the governess think about Flora?
2. Describe Peter Quint's death.
3. Why does the governess tell Miles she stayed at Bly after sending Mrs. Grose and Flora to her employer?
4. What does Miles do after Mrs. Grose and Flora leave, and how does the governess feel about it?
5. How does Flora sneak away from the governess after dinner one night?
6. How does the governess feel about herself and her attitude after seeing the stranger for the second time, and determining that he is the ghost of Peter Quint?
7. What are Miles' reasons for wanting to return to school?
8. What is the governess' reaction to seeing the man on the tower?
9. The morning after the governess' conversation with Miles in his room, what does Mrs. Grose ask the governess, and what does the governess hide?
10. In Chapter 2, when the governess first questions Mrs. Grose after learning of Miles' expulsion, what does she learn about her predecessor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Once the governess realizes that Miles and Flora are aware of the ghosts, she no longer sees the children as innocent. How do her feelings change? How does this change her goals concerning her job?
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
Good versus evil is a prevalent theme in "The Turn of the Screw". Investigate the governess' perception of good versus evil. How does it change throughout the novel? What causes these changes? What are the governess' early misconceptions about good and evil?
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