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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 comes to visit Lucifer and stay at the manor?

2. What can readers say about the attacks from chapter 11?

3. In the beginning of chapter 12, what according to Phyllida Tallent does Lucifer do to her to obtain all information?

4. Who steps in to protect Phyllida Tallent from the assault at the graveyard?

5. What is the tactic Lucifer decides to adopt to make Phyllida Tallent tell him the secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Phyllida Tallent confront Cedric Fortemain at Ballyclose manor?

2. What is the role played by Lucifer in chapter 17?

3. Why is Phyllida confused about her relationship with Lucifer as seen in chapter 18?

4. What explanation does Appleby give for killing his friend in the army?

5. What can be said of the note written by the murderer?

6. What is the transformation in the relationship of Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer?

7. What aspect of Phyllida Tallent's personality do readers see emerging in chapter 13?

8. Why does Lucifer blame himself when Phyllida Tallent is attacked?

9. What is the importance of the Aesop's Fables?

10. What is known of the attacker after he attacks Phyllida Tallent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give a detailed account of the writing technique used by the author to describe how Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent carry out the murder investigation. Why does the author present it in this fashion? Does this writing technique add or take away from the story? Support your response with specific references to the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does Lucifer manage to gain Phyllida Tallent's trust, meaning getting her to finally tell him all she knows about the murder day? What tactics does he use, and why/how are they affective in Phyllida in particular?

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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