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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 Aisling suggest Ethel do in Chapter 17?

2. How do Aisling and Tony offend their relatives in Chapter 15?

3. What does Elizabeth decline to be in Chapter 12?

4. Who is jealous of all of the attention Aisling is receiving because of her wedding in Chapter 12?

5. What does Harry ask to make in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aisling look forward to on her wedding day?

2. At the wedding, what does Elizabeth realize when she is asked about her wedding plans?

3. How do Aisling's family in Kilgarret respond to her decision to leave Tony?

4. How does Elizabeth quiet her father's insistence that she should marry soon in Chapter 14?

5. Why is Violet hospitalized in Chapter 11? What does George think of this turn of events?

6. Who does Aisling begin an affair with in Chapter 20? Who almost discovers the affair?

7. What career progress does Elizabeth make in Chapter 11? What does her father think about her activities?

8. What difficulties does Aisling face with Tony in Chapter 17? What conclusion does she come to about her marriage?

9. What does Elizabeth tell Aisling about her mother in Chapter 12?

10. What changes occur in Elizabeth's love life in Chapter 15? What difficulties does Aisling face in her marriage in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of religion in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". How does Elizabeth's move to Ireland introduce her to a new faith? How does her new faith influence her? What is the connection between the novel's motif of guilt and its theme of religion? Are Elizabeth and Aisling religious people?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of alcoholism in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". What are some examples of alcohol leading to problems for the characters, particularly Aisling and Elizabeth. How is alcohol a leading factor in the demise of Aisling's marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of marriage in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". Discuss the marriages of Elizabeth and Henry, Violet and George/ Harry, and Aisling and Tony. Are these successful marriages? Why or why not? What do these characters think of marriage?

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