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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 Bethia impulsively suggest?
2. Why does Bethia not know what will happen to her?
3. What changes Caleb and Bethia's relationship?
4. With whom is Bethia's father arguing?
5. Why does Bethia say she will continue to do what she has been doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Noah show Bethia the next morning and what is her reaction?
2. How does the first attempt at the conversion of the sonquem go and what changes that?
3. What does Caleb think of Bethia's name and how does he express his feelings about it?
4. What does Bethia say is the reason for the tension between her father and Makepeace, and why is it strange that they are upset with each other?
5. How does Caleb explain his early morning greeting to the sun god?
6. What is Bethia's hope about the time Mayfield will use in converting the native Indians?
7. How does Bethia describe Caleb?
8. What does Bethia say about her two brothers and what her father says about females?
9. What does Bethia say about the influence of Cambridge on Caleb?
10. What does Bethia say about Caleb in this first section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Caleb's Crossing. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Brooks chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Brooks chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Brooks's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliff hangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Brooks use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
Essay Topic 2
Over the course of The Maze, Bethia grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Caleb's Crossing might be considered a slice of Bethia's larger story of her "coming of age." It might be said that Caleb's Crossing is a "bildungsroman" of Bethia. Discuss the following:
1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.
2. Trace and analyze the character of Bethia as she changes from a more carefree, innocent girl to a wiser, older woman. What are the significant events that change Bethia?
3. After thoroughly analyzing Bethia's growth throughout Caleb's Crossing, do you think Caleb's Crossing could be considered Bethia's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?
4. Are there any other characters in Caleb's Crossing who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Caleb's Crossing, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Caleb's Crossing. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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