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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 does Wulfgar consider love to be?
2. What has Maida's role always been among her people?
3. Aislinn tells Wulfgar that she fears for her mother's ___________.
4. Gwyneth sees Aislinn talking to ____________ and vows to tell Wulfgar about Aislinn's unfaithfulness.
5. What does Wulfgar give the old woman whose daughter has been killed?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does THE WOLF AND THE DOVE begin?
2. How does Sweyn rescue Aislinn from Ragnor's advances?
3. What is revealed about Wulfgar's childhood after the arrival of Bolsgar?
4. How does Wulfgar save Aislinn from Ragnor whose persistence in having Aislinn is ferocious?
5. What is Sweyn's role in Wulfgar's life?
6. Describe Aislinn's procedure for tending to Bolsgar's leg wound.
7. What are the circumstances surrounding Aislinn's choosing Wulfgar over Ragnor?
8. What happens when Kerwick and Maida make plans to escape?
9. Explain the differing points Wulfgar and Aislinn have on the topic of marriage?
10. What does Aislinn recall about the events that took place regarding the invasion of Darkenwald?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the role of women in the 11th century when the women in the play are living their adult lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they enjoy that 21st century women do not?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does Woodiwiss use the setting she does? What time period serves as the setting of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?
Essay Topic 3
Create a brief character study of Wulfgar. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?
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