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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of May's is described with an "inconsequent sense" and being as beautiful as they were in her youth?

2. What does the narrator say May's grave was John's one witness to in Chapter 6?

3. What does May do during her visit with John to make her statement more "vivid" in Chapter 4?

4. What does John say his existence had grown strangely more of in Chapter 5?

5. Finish this sentence: "I haven't lived with a vain imagination, in the most besotted _________."

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

Discuss the separation of John and May in Chapter 4. What significance does this separation hold?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character John Marcher in the book. What role might the author be hoping for this character to represent in terms of society in the book?

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