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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 book of Cecilia's did Morvath burn when she was a child?
2. In Chapter 18, whom does Morvath learn might be his father?
3. What does Ned feel self-conscious about once he and Cecilia are in Cecilia's bedroom?
4. What does Jane say Miss Darlington treats Cecilia like?
5. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the surface content of Jane and Cecilia's first conversation in Morvath's breakfast room, and what is their real purpose underneath this surface?
2. When Cecilia and Ned are in the portrait gallery and she announces her plan to kill Morvath, what does Ned tell her?
3. What is Oply's strategy for getting her way with Tom?
4. What startling claim does Lady Armitage make about pneumonia in Chapter 13, and what related critique of Miss Darlington does she make?
5. When the guard catches Ned and Cecilia in the gallery, what does Ned chat to the guard about, and what is the real purpose of his commentary?
6. Why did Morvath kill Ned's mother?
7. What does Ned tell Cecilia right before he kisses her in the broom closet, and how does she respond?
8. What comparison does Alex make between Cecilia and her mother, and what is Cecilia's reaction?
9. Describe the place in the abbey where the Wisteria Society battlehouses have been moored.
10. When they are in the secret garden and Cecilia disappears into Millie's house to get a ladder, what mystifies her about Ned's reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what sense does The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels comment as much upon modern Western society as it does upon Victorian society? How does this novel reflect our ambivalence toward the past and our mixed reception of progressive ideas? Support your assertions with evidence from the text; if you incorporate information from outside sources, be sure to cite these in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a chapter of the book to focus on. Write an essay that examines how comic diction in this chapter supports the text's overall meaning. Study Holton's word choices carefully and then consider what categories her comic diction falls into. Do all of these categories support meaning in the same way, or do their purposes differ? They might support tone, establish character, point out incongruities, or perform other significant tasks, depending on which chapter you choose. Support your claims with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about what The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels conveys about the idea of "home." Consider how setting, plot details, and characterization impact the reader's understanding of this question. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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