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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 Alice show Birkin on his way out after he visits their home to ask for his first installment?
2. Where does Birkin plan to return for the winter?
3. What does Moon invite Birkin to his tent for the first time?
4. What kind of painting does Birkin think the painting is bound to be?
5. What is the name of the other man who Keach tells Birkin is living at the church?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Birkin think when Keach has not given him his first installment for the work on the painting? What action does he take?
2. Describe Kathy Ellerbeck according to Birkin's observations.
3. Describe Birkin's analysis of his financial situation as he sits in the bell tower at the beginning of Section 2.
4. What does Birkin specifically ask Keach if he can use? How does Keach respond?
5. Who gave money to the church in a will? What stipulations do these funds carry?
6. What does Birkin think about after Keach leaves in Section 1? What decisions does he come to?
7. 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?
8. How do Moon and Birkin respond to each other when they first meet? What do they talk about?
9. What is attached to the church? What does it contain?
10. Who answers the door when Birkin visits the vicarage? What does this person talk about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the juxtaposition of life and death in the novel. How are these two themes used? Do they get similar or different results?
Essay Topic 2
Birkin comes up with a detailed description of the painter through observations he makes as he uncovers the painting. Write an essay evaluating Birkin's claims. Do you think the observations he makes are true or more related to his desire to create a story for the painting?
Essay Topic 3
Kathy Ellerbeck is first seen as the girl at the train station who stares at Birkin as he steps off the train. Write an essay examining the character of Kathy Ellerbeck.
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