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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 Lucifer see when he visits the burned cottage?

2. What can readers determine about Phyllida Tallent's and Lucifer's relationship with regards to Chapter 12?

3. Who assaults Phyllida Tallent at the graveyard?

4. Who is the murderer of Horatio Welham?

5. Who is Devil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jocasta Smollet hate Phyllida Tallent?

2. When Lucifer realizes that Phyllida Tallent is not present in church, why does he leave to find her?

3. While at the manor taking inventory, what is the idea that Flick has?

4. How does Appleby meet his death?

5. How does Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent's relationship get back on track?

6. Why does Cedric Fortemain look like one of the suspects to Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer?

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

8. What is the tactic Lucifer tries at the dance party to get Phyllida Tallent to tell him everything about the murder day?

9. What qualities of Phyllida Tallent does Lucifer seem to be impressed with when they are traveling north?

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

What are the series of incidents that lead Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer to have their moments of passion? What do these incidents signify in 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

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?

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