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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 is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
2. After Rebekka's death, what does Margarethe worry has happened to the household?
3. Who eventually prevails in teaching Clara how to hem her own skirt?
4. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?
5. Who is a member of the Fisher family?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Heer van den Meer first asks for Iris to come to his house and work for him, Iris wishes she could be an inanimate object. What does this symbolize?
2. What does the title of Chapter 2, "The Imp-Riddled House," mean?
3. What kind of relationship does Margarethe imply that Caspar and the Master have in secret?
4. What lesson does Margarethe want Iris to take away from their discussion about how everyone is trapped in their life by some circumstance?
5. What revelation does Iris have about her mother during her mother's marriage ceremony?
6. What leads to a shift of power in the marriage of van den Meer and his wife?
7. What painting does Heer van den Meer commission Schoonmaker to paint?
8. How does Clara get the nickname of "Cinderella"?
9. What do tulips symbolize in the beginning of the novel?
10. What kind of tone does the Prologue have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One of the central themes of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is the exploration of beauty. What is Maguire's definition and concept of beauty? What are society's definitions of beauty at the time the novel is taking place? Choose one character in the novel who is traditionally beautiful and discuss what makes him or her so; choose one character in the novel who is truly, but not traditionally, beautiful, and discuss what makes him or her so.
Essay Topic 2
Iris, Ruth, and Clara all have very complicated childhoods. Examine what makes each child's experience growing up so complicated, what each girl had control of growing up, and what, if anything, could have been changed to make each of their childhoods more enjoyable for them.
Essay Topic 3
Choose three passages from Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister that you consider to be the three most important. Analyze each passage for tone, diction, and any other literary devices that Maguire might use within them, such as foreshadowing or symbolism. What makes each scene one of the most important? How does Maguire convey the high level of importance of each passage? Which literary devices does Maguire use to structure and create each passage, and how would each scene be different without the use of one of those devices?
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