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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. Who helps Count De Villefort's party escape from the banditti?
2. Which suitor of Emily's returns to Chateau le Blanc and is encouraged by Count De Villefort to hope he will win Emily?
3. Where does Emily go to avoid an unwanted suitor in Chapter Seven of Volume Four?
4. Who gives Theresa money and a ring to give to Emily to remember him by?
5. Where does Bernardine tell Emily to meet him at midnight?
Short Essay Questions
1. What room at the Chateau le Blanc is supposedly haunted?
2. As she learns more about the Marchioness de Villeroi, what connection does Emily suspect exists between her father and the Marchioness?
3. Explain the encounter Count De Villefort, the St. Foixes and Blanche have with the banditti in Chapter Twelve of Volume Four and who they are reunited with as a result.
4. What does Emily's likeness to the Marchioness' portrait foreshadow?
5. Explain how Count De Villefort is a foil character to Montoni.
6. What seemingly supernatural event occurs when Montoni harasses Emily the estates she has inherited from her aunt?
7. What story does Dorothee give Emily about the Marchioness de Villeroi's tragic history?
8. What incident in Chapter Seven of Volume Four increases the reputation of the Marchioness de Villeroi's chamber at Chateau le Blanc as being haunted?
9. In Chapter Nine of Volume Three, Emily composes a poem called "The Mariner". What role do Emily's poems play throughout the story?
10. What is Monsieur Quesnel's response to Emily's letter in Chapter Twelve of Volume Three?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the treatment of women in The Mysteries of Udolpho. Do the men in the novel treat the women as equals or do they try to dominate them? Does the treatment of women change over the course of the novel? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of marriage in the novel. A few marriages seem happy, but the arranged or forced marriages lead to infidelity, violence, and even murder. What do you think Ann Radcliffe is saying about arranged marriages, which were common in her era and in the era in which the book was set, versus marriages of the heart through the marriages she depicts in the novel? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
The Mysteries of Udolpho contains a number of instances of irony. Cite at least three examples of irony in the novel and discuss how the author uses each example to enhance characterization or plot.
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