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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. Where is Antoinette walking towards in her dream?

2. In Part 1, why is Aunt Cora concerned about the family just after Antoinette's mother remarried?

3. Where do the newly married Mason's spend their honeymoon?

4. Who owns Coulibri Estate at the beginning of the story?

5. How does Antoinette feel when Mr. Mason tells her about their visitor(s)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do the Jamaican "ladies" approve of Antoinette's mother?

2. What is the dream Antoinette mentions having just after her fight with Tia?

3. Are any of the nuns sympathetic to Antoinette on her first day of school?

4. What do we learn about Antoinette's husband from Grace Poole's discourse about her interview?

5. How is Sandi reintroduced into Antoinette's narrative of Part Three?

6. Does Antoinette understand where she is when she is describing her circumstances at the beginning of Part 3?

7. How does Antoinette describe the rooms she finds herself living in during Part Three?

8. Does Antoinette's husband like Grandbois?

9. What fascinates Antoinette as she begins her narrative in Part Three?

10. How does Antoinette feel when she first visits the convent school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Sargasso Sea? Where is it located and what does it divide? Why do you think Jean Rhys uses this as her title? Does it tie in to the story's theme of isolation in any way? How? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The opening passage of "Wide Sargasso Sea" speaks of closing ranks when trouble comes. What does "closing ranks" mean? What trouble has come in the story. Who is closing ranks and why?

Essay Topic 3

Richard Mason visits Antoinette after she has been confined to her rooms in England. What happens during his visit? Why does he say he cannot help her? Do you believe he could have intervened? Why or why not?

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