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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. Where do Ned and Cecilia go first when they enter the hotel?
2. Whom does Ned tell Cecilia is the traitor within the Wisteria Society?
3. What fake names does Ned give for himself and Cecilia at the hotel?
4. After her conversation with Ned in Chapter 8, what does Cecilia begin to suspect about the Wisteria Society women?
5. On page 78, what criticism does Miss Darlington make of Miss Brown's language when they are just outside the Ancient Mariner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?
2. What is the history of Cecilia's relationship with Jane Fairweather?
3. Who is Cecilia's father, and why does Cecilia read Bronte novels in hopes of understanding him better?
4. In Chapter 4, why does Miss Darlington suddenly bring the house into town to pick up Cecilia?
5. What is ironic about the Wisteria Society's motto and their activities at the meeting that Cecila and Miss Darlington walk into at the beginning of Chapter 6?
6. What details of Ned's appearance in Chapter 1 cause Cecilia to assume that he is a pirate?
7. How is Miss Darlington's Chapter 4 reaction to Cecilia walking two miles typical of her treatment of Cecilia in general?
8. What is the fate of the book of Wordsworth poems that Cecilia is reading while she drives the carriage in Chapter 9?
9. What is Morvath's plan for England?
10. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze illness as metaphor in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. How do concerns about illness manifest themselves in this text, and why is it likely that they are a disguise for other concerns? What are those concerns? Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you explicate Chapter 26 and argue why it serves as a logical conclusion to the novel that has come before it. How is this chapter the logical culmination of the novel's plot, characterization, and motifs? Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the characterizations of Cilla, Cecilia, and Miss Darlington. Establish what these characters have in common, how these characteristics are conveyed by the text, and how the similarities and differences in their characterizations support the novel's overall meaning. Support your claims with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.
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