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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 does Casey say Russell is now working as a tax attorney in Chapter 1?

2. What color are Oscar Kolton's eyes described as?

3. Whose business card do the Doyles give to Casey in Chapter 14?

4. Where did Casey's parents meet?

5. How old was George Eliot when her mother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of health insurance arise in the novel?

2. What is the Red Barn and what are Casey's associations with it?

3. What history of abandonment affects Casey and influences her actions and emotions?

4. Why is Casey reluctant to pass her manuscript along to Muriel?

5. Why does Casey live where she lives? How did she get there?

6. What do bees symbolize in the novel?

7. What backstory is established for Casey in the opening of the novel?

8. What led to Casey's heartbreak over Luke?

9. What irony appears in Casey's first date with Oscar?

10. Where is the novel set? Why is this setting important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the death of Casey's mother. When did this occur? How did it occur? Where did it occur? How has the death impacted Casey and influenced her actions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss three examples of foreshadowing and/or red herrings in Writers & Lovers. What clues does the author give for later events in the story? How do these clues play out? What clues did you miss until the novel's ending?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of language in Writers & Lovers. What are examples of metaphors, similes, and other elements of imagery that are employed in the work? What effects do these examples have on the reader? How does the use of language in the novel relate to its themes?

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