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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. How is Birkin's background described in Section 1?
2. Who invites Birkin to Sunday School for the first time in the church?
3. What does Birkin look at after Keach visits him for the first time?
4. Keach is dependent on Birkin to get money for what?
5. What will happen if Moon does not find the grave he is looking for?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Moon pitch his tent? What explanation does Moon give Birkin for this placement?
2. Who do Kathy, Edgar, and Birkin visit on the way home from Sunday school? What do they give her?
3. What does Birkin think when Keach has not given him his first installment for the work on the painting? What action does he take?
4. What does Birkin think about after Keach leaves in Section 1? What decisions does he come to?
5. Who answers the door when Birkin visits the vicarage? What does this person talk about?
6. How does Thomas Birkin arrive in Oxgodby, England? What does he do when he first gets there?
7. Why does Kathy Ellerbeck come to visit Birkin at the church? What does she bring?
8. After Birkin and Moon depart from their first meeting, what does Birkin think regarding Moon? Why?
9. Describe the wall monument that Birkin finds in the church.
10. Describe Birkin's analysis of his financial situation as he sits in the bell tower at the beginning of Section 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Birkin falls in love with Alice, but is unable to act on his feelings. Write an essay examining the idea of love within the context of the novel. How is love defined? Which characters does love affect?
Essay Topic 2
At one point Birkin says that he plans making the painting look right and now focusing on recreating it exactly as it was. Write an essay evaluating this approach. Do you think Birkin's approach is in line with Miss Hebron's wishes? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Do you think the final revealing of the painting (the goal) is more or less important than the process of uncovering (the means)? Write an essay explaining your opinion.
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