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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 is the weather like when Elizabeth and Lucinda sit on the curb outside Jake's house?

2. After Elizabeth asks Ian questions over dinner, what does Ian think about her?

3. Who does Elizabeth request to come pick her up early from the excursion?

4. Who does Elizabeth bring with her, disguised as her aunt, to chaperon the dates?

5. Which of the following characteristics is NOT important in the search for Elizabeth's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Duncan?

2. How doe Elizabeth and Ian Thornton meet?

3. What happens during the duel between Ian and Robert?

4. How does Elizabeth trick Sir Frances Belhaven into thinking that she is not marriage material?

5. What does Ian accuse Elizabeth of when he meets her at the greenhouse?

6. Why doesn't anyone come to Ian's defense with Lord Everly is accusing him of cheating?

7. How does Ian realize that Elizabeth didn't set him up in the greenhouse, but someone else did?

8. How does Elizabeth react when she realizes that her traveling group has left without her?

9. How does Elizabeth respond to being invited to the woodcutter's cottage with Ian?

10. What do Elizabeth and Ian discuss over their first meal together in the cottage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Letter writing is a crucial element to communication, and mis-communication, throughout this novel of high jinks. Choose one incident when letter writing was used as a method of confusion. Then, compare / contrast that to an instance with letter writing was used as a method of clarification. Do you think this novel could have proceeded if there were more methods of communication available, such as telephones or emails? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Ian's relationship with his grandfather, the Duke of Stanhope, is a strained one. First, explain what Ian's relationship with his grandfather was like before he met Elizabeth. Then, compare / contrast that the relationship he had with his grandfather after he met Elizabeth. What was the catalyst to the change in this relationship? By the end of the novel, do you think Ian regrets reaching out to his grandfather again? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When Robert encounters Elizabeth and Ian in a romantic embrace, he challenges Ian to a duel. First, explain why Robert reacted so violently to his sister's embrace. Then, explain why Robert and Ian were unfortunately matched for the duel. Finally, describe the outcome of the duel, explaining which man was more severely injured, and how.

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