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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 serves as the governess' confidant?

2. What does the governess say to Miles about the letter of expulsion in Chapter 4?

3. How does Douglas know the governess?

4. In Chapter 8, why does Mrs. Grose say Miles is bad?

5. What does the governess think about Miles' expulsion when she first sees him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Grose respond to the accusations against Miles?

2. How do the governess and Mrs. Grose get along?

3. Why does the governess refrain from mentioning the ghosts to the children?

4. Describe the children's history that the employer tells the governess.

5. Describe how the governess retrospectively views the period immediately after Miles' arrival at Bly.

6. Describe the scene between Miles and the governess after dinner the day that Mrs. Grose and Flora leave Bly.

7. Describe how the governess comes to be in Miles' room.

8. How does Flora sneak away from the governess after dinner one night?

9. What happens when Peter Quint appears at the window in the last chapter as the governess and Miles discuss Miles stealing the governess' letter to his uncle?

10. Describe Peter Quint's death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the title "The Turn of the Screw", which is first alluded to in Chapter 22. How is the title significant to the story? What is the symbolism of the title? How does the governess turn the screw too tightly, and what is the result?

Essay Topic 2

The governess assumes that Miles and Flora are innocent as soon as she meets them because they are attractive; however, the ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint are attractive as well. What is the validity of judgment based on appearances? How do the appearances of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel help the governess to judge Miles and Flora more objectively? What is the message of this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout "The Turn of the Screw", lines of social class are often blurred. How is this true with the governess and Mrs. Grose? How is this evident in the relationship between Peter Quint and Miss Jessel? Provide and explain examples of this in the relationships between Miles, Flora, Miss Jessel, and Peter Quint.

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