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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 Flora think is going on with Richard's mother?
2. Who is next on Flora's agenda to be fixed?
3. Who arrives at Cold Comfort Farm?
4. Where is Seth going?
5. What does Flora throw herself into doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do you think Flora is feeling by the end of the wedding?
2. What does Harkaway tell Flora and what is her response?
3. What actually produces an emotional response from Flora (as opposed to her usual practical nature) and how does Flora deal with the situation?
4. What does Dr. Mudel suggest to "fix" Judith Starkadder and what do you think is Judith's fixation that is causing problems?
5. What is the significance of the sukebind?
6. How do you think the situation with Flora and the bull is symbolic of Flora with the lives of the Starkadders?
7. What fairy tale does Elfine's debut at the dance seem most like?
8. What might be the symbolizes of the lights being on when Seth, Elfine and Flora return to Cold Comfort Farm from the ball?
9. What does Aunt Ada Doom want on the morning of Elfine's wedding and what might her request symbolize?
10. What is Flora's next tidying-up project and how does she start it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If there is a manipulator, there has to be those who are manipulated. Discuss the following:
1. What are some of the ways Aunt Ada Doom manipulates her family? Give specific examples.
2. Why do you think the family allows themselves to be manipulated? Discuss several of the main characters specifically.
3. Why is Aunt Ada Doom not able to manipulate Flora Poste? Why does Aunt Ada Doom believe she cannot manipulate Flora?
Essay Topic 2
Flora Poste is introduced in Chapter 1 and appears in every subsequent chapter. She is the main character and protagonist of the novel. Discuss the following:
1. What is the definition of "protagonist" as it pertains to literary criticism?
2. Do you agree that Flora Poste is the protagonist of this novel? Why or why not? Give examples from the text.
3. Do you think Flora is a sympathetic character? At the beginning of the book? By the end of the book? Give examples.
Essay Topic 3
In response to her new living situation after the death of her parents, Flora decides to stay with members of her family and then eventually get married. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think Flora plans to eventually marry? What are her motives for this decision?
2. As Flora discusses her marriage plans for the future in chapter one, do you think she is planning to marry for love? Why or why not? What about at the end of the novel?
3. Why do you think marriage is one of the best (or one of the few) options for women in 1930s England?
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