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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 Lizzie Rose suggest that she and Parsefall do in the end of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 43?
2. What playwright’s works does Lizzie Rose choose as items she would like from the house in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 34?
3. Dr. Wintermute decides to go to the address from the letter in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48 in the hopes that he can find whom?
4. The title of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 43 is “The Maze in the” what?
5. How much time passes before Lizzie Rose and Parsefall meet Cassandra, according to the narrator in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Parsefall reveal of Grisini’s whereabouts in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 47? What is Cassandra’s state like when the children encounter her?
2. What does Lizzie Rose do upon awakening in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 30? Who watches her?
3. What decision does Dr. Wintermute make after meeting with his visitor in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48? Why?
4. What is the outcome of the narrative for Cassandra in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 51?
5. What does Parsefall dream of in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 45? What does he vow to do when he awakens from the dream?
6. What does Clara do with the phoenix-stone once she’s stolen it in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46? Who tries to stop her?
7. How is the meeting of Lizzie Rose, Parsefall, and Cassandra described in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32?
8. What do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall discover when they go downstairs in Strachan’s Ghyll in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50?
9. How are Parsefall’s thoughts described in the Epilogue? What is Parsefall looking forward to?
10. What does Cassandra relate about Marguerite in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 37?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the motif of puppetry in the novel. What do you think the puppets in the story represent symbolically? What imagery is used to describe the puppets? What is the history of puppetry as entertainment?
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the shared birth date between Cassandra, Marguerite, and Clara? Why does Cassandra try to summon Clara to her when she learns of this? What is the result?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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