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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 type of wine does Mariana remember that Clarissa would serve when she was tutoring her?

2. How did Mariana's mother die when she was a baby?

3. How often did Zeus allow Persephone to return from the dead every year?

4. How old was Mariana's father when he bought his own boat?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Henry want to give Mariana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is St. Christopher's like?

2. Why does Mariana realize she is going to need to deal with Henry when she returns home?

3. How does Mariana describe Professor Fosca as a speaker when she and Zoe attend one of his lectures?

4. What does Mariana remember about the days and nights after Sebastian died?

5. How did Mariana meet Sebastian?

6. Why do The Maidens say that they wore white to Tara's memorial service?

7. How long has it been since Sebastian died, and why is it difficult for Mariana to be at Cambridge?

8. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what does Mariana remember about the first time Zoe met Sebastian?

9. What are "bedders" (103)?

10. Why is Professor Fosca not considered a suspect by Chief Inspector Sadhu Sangha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based on his interpretation of life. How does Michaelides use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Maidens?

Essay Topic 2

The journal writer (Sebastian) thinks his birth should have been heralded by predictions of disaster. Why does Sebastian think his birth should have been heralded by predictions of disaster? Why does he believe his fate was decided at his birth?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book and why is that incident the climax?

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