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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 Doyle carve for dinner at the Pye Street Beggar House?
2. Doyle has to ingest a large quantity of _________ to counteract the strychnine in his body.
3. Who told Horrabin about Dumb Tom?
4. What is Benner's relationship to Doyle?
5. What song does Doyle hear someone whistling in the street?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens after Doyle pays a beggar to take him to Horrabin?
2. How does Jacky react to Doyle's revelation that he traveled to England by magic?
3. What happens when Doyle is shot?
4. Who says, "We'll write you a role, and then depending on what ... sacrifices you're willing to make, you can earn up to a pound a day," and what does the character mean?
5. Jacky is captured by Horrabin's beggars and put down a hole. What happens up until her escape?
6. What happens when the time tourists arrive at the lecture?
7. How does Jacky end up at the river where Doyle is being pursued?
8. Why is one of the ticketed customers escorted away before the time jump?
9. What do Romanelli, Romany, and Horrabin do with the sick Lord Byron Romanelli is caring for?
10. Describe Ahmed the Hindoo.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Despite the fact that Doyle knows Ashbless marries Elizabeth Tichy, do their characters seem right for each other? What importance does their relationship have to the plot? Is their relationship central to the story? Is romance a focal point of the story? What leads you to your conclusion?
Essay Topic 2
Can Doyle be considered an enforcer of destiny or a victim? What are scenes where he enforces it? What scenes does he merely seems its victim? Does Doyle break free of his destiny in the end, or is he simply following an unknown course of it?
Essay Topic 3
Some of the antagonists in this book of capable of doing horrible things to other characters. What actions define them as antagonists? Is their behavior a result of their past? Are they to blame for their actions or are others pulling the strings? Please cite your examples.
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