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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 Newland hear about the business trip the next day at the office?

2. What does Newland tell May after the party?

3. Where do Newland and Ellen agree to meet the next day?

4. How does Newland travel to his destination?

5. Who had visited Mrs. Mingott the night before to ask for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Newland's being summoned to see Mrs. Mingott?

2. How does the author show that Newland and May are settling into a boring, routine marriage.

3. How does Newland once again raise May's suspicions about his intentions with Ellen?

4. How do Newland and Ellen decide to manage their situation?

5. What two rumors about Julius Beaufort surface in Chapter 26?

6. What do Newland and Ellen agree to do while they are about to leave the art museum?

7. How does Newland find Ellen in Boston?

8. How does May catch Newland in another deceit about his relationship with Ellen?

9. What topic of conversation do Newland and Ellen inevitably discuss?

10. How does Newland respond while traveling in Europe and receiving an invitation to visit Ellen at her home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Newland consider his role to be as May's new husband? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the courtship, engagement and wedding rules of high society during the late Nineteenth Century. Which rule does Newland lobby to break and why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Newland think it is critical to announce his and May's engagement at the Beauforts' ball? What has happened to make the timing so critical? Does Ellen agree?

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