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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 signal does Marie de Medici give to the prince to tell him he should move on to other ladies while meeting everyone?
2. How much of the van den Meers' fortune was lost in Clara's kidnapping as a young child?
3. What does Iris tell Clara that changes her mind about attending the ball?
4. What ended up happening to Cornelius's finances?
5. How is Clarissa of Aragaon's arrival met by the crowd?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Margarethe suspect is so wrong with the prince that his aunt, the queen, has to set something like the ball up to help him find a wife?
2. As the Epilogue concludes, what kind of painting does Ruth say should be painted of Clara's children?
3. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth say about the paintings of Iris's that she admires?
4. 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?
5. During their argument at the ball, how do Iris and the Master call a truce during their argument?
6. As they are about to depart for the ball, how does Iris react when Clara promises not to take Caspar from her?
7. What does Iris worry will happen to Clara if they are forced to leave the beautiful van den Meer home?
8. What reasoning does Clara use in explaining to Iris why her beauty is actually a curse?
9. In the Epilogue, what reason does Ruth give for burning the painting?
10. Who is Caspar referring to when he initially tells Iris that she hopes she will not marry "the wrong man"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While one of the central themes of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is the exploration of beauty, a smaller theme is that of ugliness. Choose three examples of ugliness (characters, actions, behavior, paintings, etc.) in the novel and discuss how Maguire uses each to convey a message about what ugliness truly is, how people convey it, and how people react to it.
Essay Topic 2
Margarethe could easily be described as a selfish character based on her actions throughout the story. A counter argument can also be made, however, that she is a selfless character who continually acts out of a concern to improve the situations of those around her, often at her own expense, suffering, and unhappiness. Present an argument that Margarethe is in fact a selfless character, using at least three specific examples of her selfless actions from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Conventional wisdom dictates that children often end up like one of their parents. Using either Margarethe and Iris OR Henrika and Clara, compare and contrast how each girl grows up to be like and unlike her mother. Make sure to list at least three similarities and three differences, using evidence from the text to support your claims.
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