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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 does he say she should do about her commitments that day?
2. What does Karl's father do when the German troops march into the town?
3. Why is Mary angry with Rowley after he leaves?
4. What is the Princess going to do about getting Karl fired?
5. Who lives in the Villa Bolognese?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mary do that causes Karl to become even more angry and what is Karl's reply?
2. Describe the scene of Mary and Rowley getting rid of Karl's body.
3. What is said between Rowley and Mary about Edgar and Mary's possible marriage to him?
4. What is the first way Rowley suggests they handle the situation and what is Mary's response?
5. What does the Princess learn about the violinist and what is her response?
6. Why does Mary call Rowley?
7. What startles Mary soon after Karl kills himself?
8. How does Karl end up in a concentration camp and how does he get to Italy?
9. What are Mary's thoughts as she is getting read to go to the luncheon?
10. What does Rowley point out to Mary to reassure her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Rowley Flint with Edgar Swift. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not?
2. Compare/contrast Rowley Flint with Karl Richter. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not?
3. Compare/contrast Mary as she seems early in the book and in her flashbacks to how Mary is by the end of the book. Is she the same? Different? Wiser? More or less daring? Is she likable? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Edgar had been a family friend from the time of Mary's youth. She says that when she was nineteen, her mother pointed out that Edgar was in love with her and Mary had dismissed the idea, saying that Edgar - at forty-three - was "an old man." Discuss the following:
1. Do you think many marriages where there is over twenty years difference in age can be successful? Explain your answers with examples from your personal knowledge and from the text.
2. What do you think is the likelihood that marriage to Edgar would be fulfilling and happy for Mary? Give examples from the text to support your statements.
3. What do you think is the likelihood that marriage to Mary would be fulfilling and happy for Edgar? Give examples from the text to support your statements.
Essay Topic 3
There are a number of interesting questions raised by this book--questions that Maugham may have wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Maugham's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
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