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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 Beatrice know that Ralph plans to do?
2. Why did Giles kill himself?
3. What is Beatrice's new baby named?
4. What does John tell Beatrice when he returns home?
5. What do the pirates want with Beatrice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What foreshadowing does the author create to indicate the imminent fate of Wideacre and its inhabitants?
2. What does Beatrice tell Celia to coerce her to support John's being sent away for alcohol abuse treatment?
3. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?
4. Explain how the impending storm is a metaphor for Beatrice's death?
5. What is the tradition of the wheat doll on the last day of the harvest?
6. How does Beatrice deceive Celia into thinking that Wideacre has fallen on hard times?
7. How does Beatrice react to Richard's brush with death and how is she perceived to be shallow in her concerns?
8. How does Beatrice manage to keep John away from home until she completes the purchase of the entail?
9. Explain Beatrice's perspective on love.
10. How does Beatrice try to explain the "early" birth of her child?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Greed takes on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.
Essay Topic 2
Create a brief character study of Celia. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
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