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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. When Lizzie provides an example of Sylvia's current pessimism, she discusses a time when Sylvia gave her answer in the form of a quote by William Derham from which year?
2. Lizzie tells Catherine in Chapter Two that there is a new bar in the neighborhood that is half-bar, half-what?
3. In what location do Henry and Catherine get married in Chapter Two?
4. Lizzie takes comfort in her realization that "No one's worrying about" (18) what celestial object?
5. Lizzie states that it is harder for her to travel far from home during which season?
Short Essay Questions
1. Characterize the relationship between Lizzie and her brother Henry.
2. What new development occurs in Henry's life in Chapter One?
3. What time of year is it by the time Chapter One comes to a close?
4. How do most students' expectations of meditation class differ from what Margot provides?
5. For what reason does Lizzie go on fewer trips with Sylvia in the summer?
6. In what location does the narrative of Weather: A Novel take place?
7. What is Hell and High Water and how does Lizzie get involved with it?
8. Discuss an instance when the motif of dreams enters the narrative of Chapter Two.
9. Discuss the demographics of Eli's school and how Lizzie feels about them.
10. What habit does Henry adopt when Catherine's due date draws near?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Henry's role within the events of the novel and explain how his character helps to further develop certain themes inherent in Offill's piece.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of Eli’s character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Offill in depicting Eli and include in your discussion the reasons that Offill portrays Lizzie’s son in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Offill’s novel Weather: A Novel. What message is Offill sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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