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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. Where did Edith hear a commotion come from while she was getting ready to go to town?

2. How old is Jennifer?

3. What kind of cake is there?

4. What important fact does Edith reveal about her letters that she has been writing each chapter?

5. Why do all the guests take their coffee together in the salon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mr. Neville say about Edith's life in London?

2. What does Edith say about categories that writers are put in?

3. Who does Edith compare Jennifer to in her mind during Iris's birthday party?

4. Why is Mr. Neville staying at the hotel?

5. What are the preparations that Iris made personally for her birthday party?

6. Why does Edith agree to marry Geoffrey?

7. What does Monica say about her mother?

8. What is all of the commotion in the Pusey's room?

9. What happened with Mr. Neville's wife?

10. How did Geoffrey court Edith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Mr. Neville feels that both himself and Edith will appear foolish if they remain unmarried. What does Mr. Neville's first wife have to do with him feeling he will look foolish? What is Mr. Neville hoping to rectify through marriage? Why does Mr. Neville feel that Edith needs to be married to not look foolish socially? What does Mr. Neville say about Edith's face looking sorrowful while talking to other people as a single woman? How will marriage fix this?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think that Mr. Neville chose Edith for his proposal when he was having relations with Jennifer? Now that you have read the entire book, what do you think the commotion really was in Jennifer's bedroom in Chapter 10? Explain how the commotion really went, including the important details that the author left out in Chapter10.

Essay Topic 3

When Edith sees Mr. Neville sneaking out of Jennifer's bedroom at the end of the book, it says that she wasn't surprised to see this. Why do you think that Edith wasn't surprised? Why do you think that she had no emotional response to the situation when most engaged women would be devastated?

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