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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 Barbara tell Sheba initially about her conversation with Bangs?
2. When Bangs confides in Barbara, he tells her that he is certain that Sheba thinks what about him?
3. What does Sheba tell Barbara about Steven after the fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night?
4. Why does Barbara feel guilty at the beginning of Chapter 14?
5. Why does Sheba have to go to Scotland in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does Barbara give to Sheba when Sheba is hysterical over being called into Pabblem's office at the beginning of Chapter 15? Why does she give this advice?
2. Why, do you think, is Barbara's manuscript such a shock for Sheba?
3. Describe the incident at the restaurant on the way home from picking Polly up from Brighton.
4. Sheba locks herself in her room for forty-eight hours after finding Barbara's manuscript. Why do you think Sheba feels so betrayed?
5. In what way does Barbara believe her relationship to Sheba is similar to a marriage?
6. Describe the confrontation between Sheba, Richard, and Mrs. Connelly in Chapter 15.
7. Why is Barbara so excited about going to lunch with Bangs?
8. Why does Barbara feel that she cannot yet truly count on Sheba as a friend in Chapter 10?
9. Why is Barbara depressed at the beginning of Chapter 13?
10. Why is Barbara angry when she leaves the fireworks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What impact does the media have on Sheba and her family in "Notes on a Scandal?" Use examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss repression as a recurring theme in "Notes on a Scandal." When are the characters repressed? What feelings are the characters repressing? How does this repression impact their actions and ultimately create the major conflict in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Barbara's view of Steven and Sheba's affair with the media's view (as portrayed by Barbara). How do they view the affair differently? On whom do they each lay the blame?
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