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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. The children that are coming to Clara’s birthday party in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1 are said to be the children of her parents’ friends who live where?

2. How many years ago did Grisini take Parsefall from a workhouse, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog”?

3. Who is said to have gone missing in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?

4. Who does Dr. Wintermute witness trying to force himself on Lizzie Rose in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 26?

5. Each of the women that Cassandra sees in the mirror in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 7 die in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Parsefall do with Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 23? What are Clara’s impressions of this experience?

2. What leads up to the physical confrontation between Lizzie Rose and Grisini in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?

3. How is Lizzie Rose’s character described when she is introduced in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 2?

4. What information does Mrs. Pinchbeck relate of Grisini in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 16?

5. Where do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall go for their “evening out” in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 21? What are their impressions?

6. What causes the argument between Lizzie Rose and Parsefall in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 10?

7. Where does Grisini awaken in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 19? What information does Cassandra learn from him?

8. What discovery do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall make in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18? How do they respond to this discovery?

9. What information does Mrs. Pinchbeck relate to Lizzie Rose of Grisini’s past in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 9?

10. Why does Grisini suggest that Cassandra send for his wards in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Poverty and Wealth in Splendors and Glooms

a. Discuss the discrepancies between the wealthy and poor characters in the novel. How does Clara’s day-to-day life differ from that of Lizzie Rose or Parsefall?

b. How does the financial outlook for Lizzie Rose and Parsefall change in the course of the narrative? What initiates these changes? How does this influence them as characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Clara Wintermute in the novel. How old is Clara? Is she a likable character? What are Clara’s relationships like with her parents and the servants that attend to her? Why does the servant repeatedly remind Clara of everything she has and how she has little room to complain about her situation?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Cassandra want Grisini to come to her? How does she contact him? How does Grisini respond to this summons? What does this say about the relationship between Grisini and Cassandra?

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