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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 dance with first at the ball?
2. Who is the ball's guest of honor?
3. What happened to the Master's reputation after the ball?
4. What changes about Clara's dress after the ball?
5. Who does Iris and Ruth's hair for the ball?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Ruth give for why she often appears inconsequential and stupid in the retelling of the story?
2. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth say about the paintings of Iris's that she admires?
3. During their argument at the ball, how do Iris and the Master call a truce during their argument?
4. While at the ball, what do Iris and the Master decide is more permanent than beauty?
5. As they are about to depart for the ball, how does Iris react when Clara promises not to take Caspar from her?
6. 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?
7. What reasoning does Clara use in explaining to Iris why her beauty is actually a curse?
8. What does the trail of blood that follows Clara after the ball indicate?
9. How does the reader know Cornelius is depressed after his business venture fails?
10. As the Epilogue concludes, what kind of painting does Ruth say should be painted of Clara's children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Fisher family comprises three very different women. Choose Margarethe, Ruth, or Iris and examine what role they play in the family, whether they are happy in the beginning and end of the text, and how their choices affect the rest of the women in the family unit. Make sure to use quotations from the text to support your position.
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
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.
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