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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. What does Birkin do the first morning he wakes up in the church?
3. What type of coat is Thomas Birkin wearing when he arrives in town?
4. According to Birkin's conversation with Keach, what will help or has helped Birkin decide the age of the wall painting?
5. What factor does Birkin base his observation on that the painting must have been hidden under the paint for a long time?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the wall monument that Birkin finds in the church.
2. What reason does Birkin give for the observation the painting is hidden under paint for a long time? What are some of the reasons he considers the painting is covered so quickly?
3. While Thomas Birkin is at the station at the beginning of the novel, who does he see looking at him? What does he imagine that this person is thinking?
4. What does Birkin reveal first in the painting? What meaning does he draw from this discovery?
5. After Birkin and Moon depart from their first meeting, what does Birkin think regarding Moon? Why?
6. Describe Kathy Ellerbeck according to Birkin's observations.
7. Describe the conversation that Keach and Birkin have regarding living arrangements.
8. Who originally discovers and takes interest in the painting? What arrangements does this person make regarding the painting?
9. How is the pay for uncovering the wall painting and why does Birkin accept the job at the church?
10. Describe what Birkin sees when he first enters the church.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay evaluating the connection between Birkin and Moon's work.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Birkin and Alice develop the metaphor of a puzzle for uncovering the painting. Write an essay examining this metaphor. What does it do for the novel? Do you think it is an apt metaphor? Why or why not?
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