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The Essex Serpent Quiz

Sarah Perry

This Study Guide consists of approximately 100 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Essex Serpent.

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

New Year's Eve- Strange News Out of Essex

February: One- Five

March: One- Three

Part Two: April: One-Three

Part Three: June: One-Five

July: One- August: One-Two

September: One-Six

September: Seven-Twelve. November- One

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

Styles

Quotes

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Sarah Perry

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Questions 1-5 of 27:

1.

What best describes Luke as a surgeon? (from May: One-Six)

He is a brilliant surgeon in that he is ambitious and strives to do the next best thing; however, when it comes to ethics he is sometimes a bit too aggressive.

He wants nothing to do with anybody.

He is not very ambitious and is a better doctor than he is surgeon.

Despite being very confident, he is not knowledgeable about surgery and should not be practicing.

2.

What is Stella's health issue? (from September: One-Six)

She has tuberculosis.

She is not physically sick, but her mind has begun to slip into her blue obsession.

She has a genetic disease and needs to keep the children away from her.

Stella is healthy.

3.

Does Cora think of herself as a woman in the traditional sense? (from February: One- Five)

Yes, she considers herself a woman and acts like one.

No, She rids herself of all womanly duties and constraints.

Cora considers herself to be more manly and adheres to the rules of masculinity instead of femininity.

Cora does not consider herself to be anything.

4.

What does light symbolize in the novel? (from Part Three: June: One-Five)

Light is not a symbol in the novel.

Light symbolizes only the good things coming in the novel.

Light symbolizes bad things coming.

Light is ambiguous in its symbolism, sometimes being a good thing and sometimes being a bad thing.

5.

What role does the idea of class struggles play in the novel? (from March: One- Three)

It is not present in the novel.

It is a passing idea in the novel.

It is one of the central discourses.

The protagonist talks often about class struggles, but that is as far as it is mentioned.

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