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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 technique is used in the phrase "those big willows with the wild grape hanging on to them like monkeys' shaggy arms" (63)?
2. What is the tone of Mrs. Quinn's thoughts about Mr. Willens's kiss?
3. What does Rupert spend some time looking for before he and Enid start for the river?
4. When Olive Green comments, on page 69, that "Someone's been busy," what is she referring to?
5. What is the souvenir cloth from?
Short Essay Questions
1. What connection between her illness and the murder does Mrs. Quinn see?
2. What does Mrs. Quinn do once the murder is over?
3. How does Mrs. Quinn become more difficult to please as the summer wears on?
4. What detail about the Quinn home that Enid noticed in the previous section of the story is explained in this section of the story?
5. When Rupert comes into the house, what does he see happening between his wife and Mr. Willens?
6. What is Enid's plan for her encounter with Rupert after the funeral?
7. What noise does Mrs. Quinn hear when she is cleaning up after the murder, and what does it turn out to be?
8. How does Enid and Rupert's relationship change over the course of the summer?
9. When Mrs. Quinn gets agitated on the day she listens to the radio show, what does she question Enid about?
10. How do her nightmares impact Enid's work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of one of the story's subtitles: "Jutland," "Heart Failure," "Mistake," or "Lies." Use textual evidence to defend your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the thematic motif of social pressure in "The Love of a Good Woman." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that compares and contrasts images of town and countryside in "For the Love of a Good Woman" and that offers an analytical claim about the significance of these images. Support your ideas with quoted textual evidence.
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