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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 ball's guest of honor?
2. How do Ruth, Iris, and Margarethe get home from the ball?
3. Who does the Master tell Iris he views as responsible for bringing van den Meer to ruin?
4. How does Clara end up dying?
5. What advice does the narrator wish had been given to Clara?
Short Essay Questions
1. As they are about to depart for the ball, how does Iris react when Clara promises not to take Caspar from her?
2. What message is the Master trying to convey when he asks, after showing Margarethe his paintings of hideous people, what she knows about charitable stories from the Bible?
3. What memory does Ruth say burdened Iris her entire life?
4. How does the Master respond to Clara's vote of confidence at the ball, when she says that she is sure his painting will be picked by the queen?
5. What does the trail of blood that follows Clara after the ball indicate?
6. What reasoning does Clara use in explaining to Iris why her beauty is actually a curse?
7. What are two examples of juxtapositioned themes to her family's story that Ruth gives in the Epilogue?
8. How does Margarethe react when Iris catches her seemingly trying to burn Young Woman with Tulips at the ball?
9. What does Margarethe's decreasing vision symbolize?
10. Why is Iris surprised to learn that many of the guests at the ball are still talking about her, even after the prince and Clara retire to the private room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many things are in juxtaposition in the text. Pick three characters, themes, settings, or other examples of juxtapositioning and explain how Maguire sets up the juxtaposition, the role the juxtaposition plays within the story, and what message Maguire is trying to send through each contrast.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the symbolism of the windmill within Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. Using quotations taken from the text, discuss at least three different aspects when the windmill appears, what its presence symbolizes, and how Maguire uses that symbolism to communicate indirectly to the reader.
Essay Topic 3
Although they are small, there are multiple examples of foreshadowing present within the novel. Find three specific examples of foreshadowing and discuss what they are, what they symbolize, and what they foreshadow. Make sure to use specific citations from the text to support your position.
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