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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. Grantly compares the newspaper that speaks badly of the warden to what in America?

2. Who says, "Personal emnity! Going to do!"?

3. How many clauses are in the bill that Sir Abraham is engaged in when Grantly calls on him for help?

4. What is the name of the old man who is bed ridden?

5. Where is the newspaper that publishes a story about the lawsuit against the warden located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hiram's Hospital come to exist?

2. What happens when Bold sees Eleanor after missing Harding's party?

3. Why does the narrator say he has made up the town of Barchester?

4. How do Harding and Grantly feel about Bold's attempts to create reform?

5. What does Grantly warn Harding that will happen if he gives up his position?

6. How does a scandal erupt out of the legal battle between Harding and the beadsmen?

7. What does Grantly do after he decides to nip the beadsmens' rebellion in the bud.

8. How do Bold and the beadsmen feel when they read an article about Harding in the newspaper?

9. What does Grantly say when he confronts the beadsmen about taking legal action?

10. Why is Eleanor not worried about seeing Bold when she goes to see Mary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the character of Anticant. Why is it important that Anticant cannot see anything other than "good" and "evil" within a person's motives? How does this relate to the novel as a whole? Who else in the novel seems to have trouble seeing any gray area when it comes to good and evil?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the articles about Harding in "The Jupiter" and the two magazines that harshly attack him? What can be learned about Harding by looking at these articles? What can be learned about him from his reaction to his bad press? What does the author seem to be saying about people and gossip?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the relationship between Grantly and his father, the bishop. What roles do Grantly and his father play at the church? What roles do they seem to play in their families? How does the bishop seem to feel about his son? How does Grantly seem to feel about the bishop? Why do you think the bishop always lets his son take charge of situations?

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