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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. How old is Emily in Chapter 2?

2. What color carpet is in the peers' lobbies at Westminster?

3. What type of trees line the modern part of Parliament?

4. In Chapter 9, what day of the week would Holly and Sophie do their Anglo-Saxon studies?

5. What type of flat does Kate have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Holly's first term at Oxford an education?

2. In Chapter 5, what case is Kate reviewing?

3. How does Sophie go to the courtroom where James' trial is held in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 4, what does James remember about his relationship with Sophie before they married and about affairs after they married?

5. Why does James tell Sophie in Chapter 2?

6. In Chapter 6, how does James spend time with Tom early in the morning?

7. In Chapter 14, what does Sophie do with her phone when she goes to the courtroom?

8. How does Sophie describe James when she sees him in Chapter 11 when she is in the public gallery of Court Two of the Old Bailey?

9. How does Olivia describe what happened on May 16?

10. What does James say when Sophie tells him that if they are going to make their marriage work, the affair has to be completely over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Anatomy of a Scandal? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Vaughan uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Holly is a different person at Oxford before the rape. How did Holly have to hide who she was in high school? Why is Holly a different person at Oxford? What freedom does she find at Oxford? How does she find her identity at Oxford?

Essay Topic 3

A conflict of interest is a clash between personal interests and professional responsibilities or duties and may lead to unethical behavior. Does Kate have a conflict of interest in James’ trial? Why does Kate hide her conflict of interest?

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