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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 is the Reversor expected to remove from Hell House?
2. In what room is the Reversor located?
3. What phenomenon does Edith see as she lies awake in Chapter 48?
4. After Florence's attack, who does Lionel tell Edith he is going to call?
5. What does Lionel ask Ben to verify after the Reversor completes its cycle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Florence attacks Edith, and what secret does Florence reveal about Edith's childhood?
2. What does Daniel make Florence do after he forces her to wet the bed? How does Florence regain some control?
3. What is the operating premise of the Reversor?
4. Ben and Lionel believe that Florence has created the ghost of Daniel Belasco. Florence vehemently denies this until she is struck with a sudden, painful memory. What is that memory, and who has she come to believe the ghost of Daniel Belasco really is?
5. Lionel's concern for the health of Florence and Ben leads him to call Deutsch's man for medical help, preferably an ambulance. What does Lionel learn during that call?
6. What does Daniel tell Florence that Lionel's machine will do? What does he tell her he needs in order to leave?
7. At 6:47 a.m. on December 23, 1970, Florence once again seems to be the victim of the ghost's violence. Her scream cuts the early morning air. What happens to her, and what are her companions' opinions of the incident?
8. On what does Lionel blame Edith's overtly sexual behavior toward Ben?
9. Lionel and Edith have an awkward moment in the steam room, and Edith leaves hastily, slamming the door behind her. What happens to Lionel after he is abandoned in the steam room?
10. How does Lionel behave after his attack in the steam room, and how does he rationalize the experience?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Outline the history of Hell House prior to the second group's expedition, including Bastard Bog's history. Does this history foreshadow the events that may occur at Hell House during the 1970 experiment? If so, how? Cite specific examples from the text to support your theory.
Essay Topic 2
Lionel and Edith seem to have an odd relationship, a May/December relationship as some may call it. Hints are given throughout the texts about the complexity of their relationship and how they relate to each other. What keeps them together? Does their love for each other seem real or affected? What does each partner do for the other to be an equal part of the relationship? Do you think it is likely that Edith will be unable to continue living without Lionel? Why or why not? Cite examples to support your theories.
Essay Topic 3
Where does the group find the remains of Daniel Belasco? How did he come to be there, and how did he die? Compare/contrast the importance of this discovery to Florence and to Lionel.
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