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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. On what day is Cassandra’s birthday?

2. What is the name of Clara’s governess in the novel?

3. What color hair is Lizzie Rose described as having in the narrative?

4. How did Grisini arrive at Cassandra’s estate, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 19?

5. The letter that Lizzie Rose finds while mending clothes for Mrs. Pinchbeck’s stepson in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 24 is addressed to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is contained in the letter that Lizzie Rose finds in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 24?

2. What causes Dr. Wintermute shame when he talks with his daughter in the end of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 6?

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

4. What are Clara’s impressions of the puppet show in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 4?

5. What do the police do when they arrive in Grisini’s apartment in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?

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

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

8. How do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall respond when learning of the tragedy that befell Clara’s siblings in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?

9. What causes the commotion that comes from downstairs at Mrs. Pinchbeck’s boarding house in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?

10. What are Parsefall’s impressions of the Wintermute home when he arrives in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the setting established in the beginning of Splendors and Glooms. During what time period does the story take place? What clues from the author indicate this? Where specifically does the story begin? What years historically comprise the “Victorian era”?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of Kensal Green cemetery in London. When was this cemetery established? How large is it? How is the mausoleum where the Wintermute children are entombed described? Why is Dr. Wintermute told to go there in Part One: “Fog”?

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