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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 "excavation" does May say she and the narrator took "refuge" in when they first met?
2. Which of the following attributes does John say about May regarding her interest in his secret in Chapter 2?
3. What is May always sitting next to when John comes to see her?
4. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?
5. Finish this sentence: "Yes, but since, as you say, I'm only, so far as people make out, _______."
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of May and John's conversation at the end of Chapter 1 when she asks if he is afraid?
2. In what ways does John describe how his change from his old self is final and absolute in Chapter 5?
3. How does John describe May's eyes in Chapter 4?
4. What is John's reaction when May asks if it's her intimacy in question in Chapter 3?
5. How does John react towards May when she asks him if he remembers the nature of their conversation the first time they met in Italy?
6. What does John say he does during his yearlong journey at the beginning of Chapter 6?
7. How does John describe his "illumination" in regards to his secret in Chapter 6?
8. What is the nature of John's talk of time and fate near the end of Chapter 3?
9. Describe the interaction between John and May when he believes she is not telling him something regarding the "Beast" at the end of Chapter 2.
10. How does John react after learning of May's illness in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the obsessive behavior exhibited by John in the book. What reasons can be given for his motivations for being so obsessive?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the nature of May's eyes in the book. What might her eyes be representative of to John?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the separation of John and May in Chapter 4. What significance does this separation hold?
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