"The Duchess and the Jeweller" Assess

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What in the Duchess’ life is most important to her?

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her daughter

her pearls

her partnership with the jeweller

her socio-economic standing

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The manner in which Oliver greets his employees tells you that he

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has reason to be angry with them

considers himself their superior

envies the men their friendship

feels worried about business

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What bet has Oliver won, as he says to the picture?

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a meeting with the Prime Minister

the last of the high guality pearls in London

sanctioned time with the daughter of a Duchess

the gift of titled estate (meaning the property comes with an aristocratic ranking)

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What does the Duchess offer Oliver that reveals she knows his ambitions?

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a meeting with the Prime Minister

the last of the Duchess' high guality pearls

time with Diana

a titled estate (meaning the property comes with an aristocratic ranking)

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How does Oliver feel at the end of the story?

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resigned to trading so much money for the possibility of getting close to Diana

excited to be able to get to know the Prime Minister at the Duchess’s party

gratitude at having the Duchess for a close, influential friend

ashamed that his mother is not alive to see his success and important friends

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Why did Oliver keep the Duchess of Lambourne waiting?

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Oliver wanted to demonstrate his power and control.

Oliver was nervous to meet her.

Oliver was concocting a plan about how to get rich off of her.

Oliver had other appointments ahead of her, so, despite her title, he wanted to be fair to the other people waiting.

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What hidden psychological motivation for Oliver’s work does the description of a hog digging for truffles convey?

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Oliver dreams of owning the largest jewel in the world.

His work is a way for Oliver to help others who need money.

Imagining he has discovered treasure makes Oliver’s work fun.

Oliver always needs to search for more to satisfy himself.

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Oliver’s enjoyment of opening invitations from titled ladies tells you that he

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wants to sell more jewels to them

considers the ladies his close friends

feels he has influence with these women

hopes for an invitation from someone better

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Why do Oliver and the Duchess fear one another?

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Oliver might not do his job well by offering the Duchess an unfair price for her pearls. Then the Duchess would take her business elsewhere, and Oliver would go bankrupt.

Without the Duchess, Oliver has no way to meet people like the Prime Minister. Without Oliver, the Duchess has no other jeweller who will put up with her cheating them with fake jewels.

The Duchess and her connections control access into high society, so Oliver must remain in her good favor. Oliver could ruin the Duchess reputation for being wealthy by telling people she had gambled the family into debt and was hawking fake jewels.

Oliver fears he will offend the Duchess in some way and lose her business while the Duchess fears he will secretly elope with her daughter.

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Read the excerpt below. What is Woolf expressing about Oliver’s life with diction that arranges her words in many short phrases? “perfectly dressed, with his gloves, with his cane; but dissatisfied still, till he reached the dark little shop, that was famous in France, in Germany, in Austria, in Italy, and all over America”

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Although famous in Europe, Oliver hopes to conquer other lands.

Oliver no longer notices anything he owns or achieves.

Although dissatisfied, Oliver owns and achieves a great deal.

Oliver has many reasons to be disappointed with life.

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