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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. Who is described as an "impresario conjuring and teasing"?
2. What part of the painting was covered first?
3. What characterizes the damned souls in the original painting?
4. What does Birkin liken to hell in his own mind?
5. What occupations does Kathy suggest for Birkin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the portrayal of the man who Birkin thinks might be a portrait.
2. Why does Birkin go to preach at Barton Ferry? What does he talk about from the pulpit?
3. What does Keach try to give Birkin the day after Birkin tells Alice she is attractive? How does Birkin respond?
4. Why do Birkin and the Ellerbecks go to Ripon and are they successful in meeting their goal?
5. Describe what Birkin and Moon see as they unearth the tomb of Miss Hebron's ancestor.
6. What suggestion does Kathy make after asking Birkin if he has thought about staying in Oxgodby? How does he respond?
7. What part of the painting does the painter leave unfilled? What are Birkin's speculation regarding this situation?
8. After the service in Barton Ferry, with whom does Birkin have tea? What does he see at their home that upsets him?
9. How does Moon respond when Birkin tells him that Keach has told him that he is finished with the painting?
10. Who does Birkin run into in Ripon that is also in the war? What does this person tell Birkin about Moon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
The Keaches and the Ellerbecks are both deeply involved in their respective churches. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the two families, and by extension, the churches they attend.
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