Collected Stories | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - The Third Resignation

1. To what is the noise compared in "The Third Resignation"?

2. In "The Third Resignation," what does the character think of as "chasing through the tormented corners of his hot, fever-torn head"?

3. At what other time was the noise present in the protagonist's head in "The Third Resignation"?

4. In "The Third Resignation," what object is in the protagonist's coffin?

5. In "The Third Resignation," what is the protagonist's "illness"?

6. How old is the protagonist of "The Third Resignation"?

7. What does the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" have a phobia of?

8. In "The Third Resignation," what is tied around the protagonist's jaw?

9. How many candles surround the protagonist in "The...
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