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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. How much of the van den Meers' household has been lost because of their debt?
2. In the Epilogue, Ruth claims that Iris was better at doing what than painting?
3. What non-family member do Ruth, Iris, and Clara enlist in helping them get Clara to the ball?
4. What profession did Iris end up going into?
5. How is Clarissa of Aragaon's arrival met by the crowd?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes the prince to be initially interested in Iris?
2. What memory does Ruth say burdened Iris her entire life?
3. What kind of perspective can Ruth offer about what happens to her family?
4. During their dance at the ball, what does Iris worry about with regard to Caspar?
5. How does the Master respond to Clara's vote of confidence at the ball, when she says that she is sure his painting will be picked by the queen?
6. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth say about the paintings of Iris's that she admires?
7. What skill does Clara and Iris count on Caspar using when he goes in search of a dress for Iris for the big ball?
8. As the Epilogue concludes, what kind of painting does Ruth say should be painted of Clara's children?
9. How does Margarethe react when Iris catches her seemingly trying to burn Young Woman with Tulips at the ball?
10. What reasoning does Clara use in explaining to Iris why her beauty is actually a curse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While a seemingly small item at the beginning of the text, tulips become critically important by the end of the novel. Discuss what tulips symbolize in the text and how their symbolism changes as the story progresses.
Essay Topic 2
Many things are in juxtaposition in the text. Pick three characters, themes, settings, or other examples of juxtapositioning and explain how Maguire sets up the juxtaposition, the role the juxtaposition plays within the story, and what message Maguire is trying to send through each contrast.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of the windmill within Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. Using quotations taken from the text, discuss at least three different aspects when the windmill appears, what its presence symbolizes, and how Maguire uses that symbolism to communicate indirectly to the reader.
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