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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 does Iris end up marrying?
2. As the ball approaches and Margarethe is tight for money, why does she claim the Master owes her money?
3. According to the Master, what is the reason behind Margarethe's lie about his relationship with Caspar?
4. What family scene does Ruth think would have made a good painting?
5. Who does the Master tell Iris he views as responsible for bringing van den Meer to ruin?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Margarethe react when Iris catches her seemingly trying to burn Young Woman with Tulips at the ball?
2. 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?
3. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth say about the paintings of Iris's that she admires?
4. What reasoning does Clara use in explaining to Iris why her beauty is actually a curse?
5. What does Iris worry will happen to Clara if they are forced to leave the beautiful van den Meer home?
6. How does the reader know Cornelius is depressed after his business venture fails?
7. As the Epilogue concludes, what kind of painting does Ruth say should be painted of Clara's children?
8. What are two examples of juxtapositioned themes to her family's story that Ruth gives in the Epilogue?
9. Who is Caspar referring to when he initially tells Iris that she hopes she will not marry "the wrong man"?
10. What memory does Ruth say burdened Iris her entire life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Complete a character analysis of the Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies. What kind of character is she? How does her character change throughout the novel (or does it)? What role does she play in the text? What is the reader supposed to think of her? Does the reader's opinion of her change as the story progresses? Is she a "good" character, a "bad" character, or both? What literary tools does Maguire use to develop her character?
Essay Topic 2
Several characters in the novel are initially presented as characters without much of a voice who ultimately, by the conclusion of the story, find their voice and are better able to speak in a way that is true to themselves. Choose one character for whom this is true and explain 1) why their voice was silenced or limited in the beginning of the text, 2) who limited their voice, 3) what happened to change their ability to truly "speak," and 4) what that character's newly found voice represents and says about that person's true inner character.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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