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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 Harriet berate William for not doing?

2. What does Maggie represent?

3. How does John compliment Harriet?

4. What does Harriet want Margaret to bellieve?

5. What s the setting of the opening act?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harriet try to avoid scandal from the situation between her, John and Margaret?

2. What happens when John moves towards Harriet?

3. What do Maggie and Hetty both say they want?

4. How does William try but fail to please Harriet in the first act?

5. How does Mr. Brush persuade William to buy the portrait?

6. What does the willow tree in John's portrait indicate to Harriet?

7. How does William react when Harriet tells him her real feelings from him?

8. Why does Hetty say she is the one who has suffered in Harriet's marriage to William?

9. How does Margaret react to seeing John and Harriet kissing?

10. How does Gesternberg symbolize John as a starving artist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the main turning points of the story? How do turning points work to keep a reader interested in the story? When does Gerstenberg use her turning points and why does she use them at those particular moments?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Margaret so jealous of Harriet? What problems does Margaret's jealousy cause?

Essay Topic 3

Gerstenberg gives three of her main characters alter ego's with names that she has abbreviated from his or her's full name. For example, Harriet becomes Hetty. Pick one of the following characters and his or her alter ego and examine what meaning his or her's name brings to the two sides of his or her's personality:

1. Harriet/Hetty.

2. Margaret/Maggie.

3. John/Jack.

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