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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 gets upset about the reappearing blood stain?
2. What was the occupation of the person who was most afraid after seeing the ghost?
3. What is Mr. Otis's daughter good at doing?
4. What do the Otises do to try and keep the blood stain from reappearing?
5. What sound wakes Mr. Otis up the first time he hears the ghost?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the ghost decide to talk to the thing that interrupts his plan to scare Washington?
2. What does the ghost say his existence consists of? How does Virginia respond to this?
3. What does Mrs. Otis do after she sees the cause of the crash in the hall? How does the ghost respond to this?
4. When does Lord Canterville say the ghost appears? What is Mr. Otis's response to this?
5. Why does Lord Canterville refuse to take the jewels that the ghost gave Virginia?
6. What does Mr. Otis think happened to Virginia when he first heard she is missing?
7. What does Lord Canterville say might happen if he takes the jewels from Virginia?
8. What does Virginia tell her husband when he asks what happened the day the ghost died?
9. What causes Mrs. Umney to faint?
10. What happens as the Otises drive up to their new house at the beginning of the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Oscar Wilde presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affects the characters around them.
Essay Topic 2
Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships? How does their inclusion in this play affect the outcome of the plot?
Essay Topic 3
England and America are contrasted a few times in this book. Choose a character and write about how that character felt about America and England, and why they felt this way.
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