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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 Herder call Grace?

2. Who does Claire tell Jack he isn't?

3. What does Charles say is the only way his family can keep its reputation?

4. What language does Jack speak to Grace?

5. Why does the Earl want to marry Grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack prove the carelessness of the upper classes in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Why does Dinsdale want Jack to open the village fair?

3. How does Jack kill Claire?

4. How do the characters dress for Jack and Grace's wedding?

5. What does the conversation between the Earl and Tucker reveal about the Earl's situation?

6. Why does Herder think Jack was lucky?

7. What do the Gurney family and the bishop discuss after the Earl's funeral?

8. How does Jack prove he is still ill?

9. What reference does Jack make to Jack the Ripper in Act 2, Scene 4?

10. What does Jack propose a toast to in Scene 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine upper class life.

1) How do people in the British upper classes view life?

2) What influence have the British upper classes had on popular culture?

3) How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of British upper class life?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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