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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 Gabriel?

2. How does the intruder get inside the manor?

3. Who is Hemmings?

4. What happens to Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer on the way back to the grange?

5. Why is Phyllida Tallent not able to return to Horatio Welham's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Phyllida Tallent at Lady Huddlesford's dinner party?

2. After Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer's picnic, what is the author's use of "storm" stand for?

3. Who is the character of Lucifer as seen in chapter one of the novel?

4. What are the series of incidents that take place at the manor after Lucifer finds the dead body of Horatio Welham?

5. What happens between Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent as they travel together to the east?

6. Why is Covey important for Lucifer?

7. What is the reason Phyllida Tallent is going to the woods late into the night?

8. Why is Lucifer delighted to see Phyllida Tallent at the church?

9. What is Phyllida Tallent trying to make Mary Anne understand when they are at the party thrown by Lady Huddlesford?

10. What happens to Lucifer towards the end chapter one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the author make use of social gatherings, for example, dance parties, to further the investigation? Is it possible to do without the social gatherings in the novel? When do the social gatherings taken place in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the protagonist/protagonists in the novel and how does he/they fulfill his/their role. Explain with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on how the world of this novel is a place where the rules of society, courtship and desire are often at odds.

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