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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 repeatedly urges Lizzie to have a sexual encounter with Will while Ben and Eli are away?
2. It is revealed in Chapter Four that Lizzie took what action the last time that Henry suffered a severe relapse?
3. For how many weeks will Eli and Ben be gone on the road trip to the California coast?
4. In what location does Lizzie chant once she stops attending meditation classes?
5. In meditation class in Chapter Three, Margot talks about the difference between which two actions?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the keys featured in Chapter Three symbolize?
2. What detail does Henry share with Lizzie in Chapter Four that compels her to go to Ben with her concerns?
3. Describe two incidents that demonstrate Lizzie's concern about the growing feelings of hate in the wake of Trump's election.
4. For what reason does Lizzie begin to skip meditation classes with Margot?
5. For what reason does Offill allude to C.S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian in Chapter Four?
6. What is "milling" (129) in the context of the field called Disaster Psychology?
7. What solution does Lizzie devise in response to Henry's problem, as revealed in Chapter Six?
8. In what way does the motif of dreams arise within Chapter Four in order to again demonstrate the strong connection between Henry and Lizzie?
9. In what kind of dwelling do Ben and Catherine live and what is the significance of this fact?
10. What political event has just occurred when Chapter Three begins?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose an object from Weather: A Novel, such as the green coat, the educational video game, the slips of paper on which Henry writes his horrific visions, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of Weather: A Novel that describe the close relationship between Lizzie and her husband Ben. What is Offill’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection that has been forged within their marriage?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Offill's messages about parenthood within the text Weather: A Novel.
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