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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 Mrs. Arbuthnot believe her husband is too busy doing to notice her gone?

2. What does Mrs. Fisher tell Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot to do during the lunch course in Chapter 9?

3. What does Lady Caroline believe of Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot when she first meets them?

4. How does Mrs. Fisher feel when she sees she is the only one at the lunch table in Chapter 9?

5. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot imagine will happen when she and her husband are old?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins become increasingly uneasy about the trip in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Mrs. Wilkins fetch Mrs. Arbuthnot after dressing and unpacking in Chapter 6?

3. Why does Mrs. Arbuthnot come to the conclusion that both she and Mrs. Wilkins are miserable in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot believe about her own happiness?

5. Describe Mrs. Fisher.

6. According to Lady Caroline, what does her beauty allow her to be?

7. What are some defining characteristics attributed to Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 1?

8. What disagreement do Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Arbuthnot have in Chapter 7?

9. Why is Lady Caroline already in Italy in Chapter 6?

10. How does the Italian scenery affect Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character Lady Caroline. What is her role in the novel and what are her defining character traits? What is troubling her and why does she go to Italy? What do the other women think of her? How does she grow as a character by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the examples of imagery in the novel. What are some examples and do they have any symbolic meaning attached to them? What sort of images does von Arnim depict of nature? How does the imagery of Italy contrast with the imagery of London?

Essay Topic 3

A theme of the novel "The Enchanted April" is nature. How does nature influence or impact the lives of the four women? How is nature described in the novel? How does it directly correlate with the personal transformations experienced by the four women?

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