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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. When Graham is sitting with Lucy at the Prince's birthday dinner, who does he comment is a fine girl?
2. How does Lucy feel when Madame Beck asks her if she can teach a class?
3. How does Mr. Home respond to the news that Lucy is a teacher?
4. After Mr. Home's leaves, who becomes Paulina's new object of affection?
5. Lucy is about to read her letter from Dr. John when she sees a dark figure, a nun. What does she forget when she goes to tell Madame Beck and her guests about the nun?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Lucy disappointed when Graham calls her his Silent Shadow?
2. What does Dr. John do when he finds his letter to Lucy in the garret?
3. Why do Ginevra's words that she believed Lucy "a little nobody" not matter to Lucy?
4. Describe Madame Beck's relationship with her children.
5. Describe Miss Marchmont.
6. How does Lucy view Paulina when she first comes to stay with the Brettons?
7. Why does Lucy deny that she has feelings for Dr. John?
8. How does Paulina act when Mr. Home returns to the Bretton's in the beginning of the novel?
9. How does Lucy feel about Graham thinking that she is jealous of Ginevra?
10. How does Lucy come to be at La Terrasse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Religion is a theme seen throughout the novel. Explain the role that religion play in the following settings/relationships:
a) Between Lucy and her students.
b) In Lucy's relationship with M. Paul.
c) In how others in France (e.g., Pire Silas, Madame Beck) view Lucy.
Essay Topic 2
Pick one chapter that you believe contains a pivotal moment in Lucy's life and could have changed the course of her story. Why do you feel this chapter was so crucial to Lucy's story? What other choices could she have made at that point? Would those choices have drastically changed the course of her story? Please use examples or quotes from the chapter you choose.
Essay Topic 3
In the early chapters of the book we find Lucy alone and hopeless. At the end of the book we find Lucy still somewhat alone, but no longer hopeless. Who or what plays a role in Lucy moving from a place of hopelessness to a place of hope? Describe how Lucy gains hope throughout her journey in the novel.
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