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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 tall is James Whitehouse?

2. What party does Holly wish Sophie would invite her to at the end of Chapter 10?

3. What is Sophie's middle name?

4. What is the date in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 2, what time is James supposed to be back from Surrey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 13, how is Olivia described when she takes the stand?

4. Who is Ali?

5. How does Chris tell James to handle the press regarding the affair?

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

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

8. What career did Sophie have, and why did she not pursue it?

9. How does Kate describe the makeup of the jury for James' trial?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Sophie knows that James lies frequently. Why is Sophie sure that James perjures himself during his trial? How and why is James’ view of truth different from Sophie’s view of truth?

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