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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. Why does Gwendolyn end up dancing with Grandcourt at the ball?
2. Where does Mirah's father take her on a trip at the time that she is at a very young age?
3. What does Gwendolyn think that she must do if she is going to win spectacularly?
4. What does Rex tell Anna that he is going to do after he is rebuffed by her?
5. What causes Gwendolyn's winning gambling streak to end when the novel first opens?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Daniel's relation to Sir Hugo Mallinger?
2. What does Mirah believe about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?
3. What is Anna like in comparison to Gwendolyn once they reach their mid-twenties?
4. What does Daniel tell his uncle right after he finds the girl at the river?
5. What does Daniel tell Sir Hugo about Grandcourt's reaction to the proposed settlement?
6. How does Hans Meyrick's family feel about Daniel?
7. How does Gwendolyn feel about Grandcourt after the ball?
8. What does Mrs. Meyrick believe about Mirah when she takes her in?
9. What does Anna think that her life will be like when Rex is first mentioned in the novel?
10. What does the letter that Gwendolyn receives on the night she gambles say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What literary devices does Eliot use to convey traits about two characters (of your choosing) within the first scene of the story? Thinking about the way that Eliot uses characters, foreshadowing, and dialogue, describe how those devices help the reader learn more about the characters, as well as what is going to happen later in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Gwendolyn comments that she does not want to continue tutoring her younger sister because she is ignorant. Write a well-reasoned essay that discusses 1) which character from the text is the most ignorant; 2) what evidence from the text supports your choice; and 3) two literary devices that Eliot uses to convey that character's ignorance to the reader.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the role that Herr Klesmer plays in the novel, as well as a minimum of two ways that Eliot uses his characters to fulfill that role.
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