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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 Superintendent Battle ask Poirot after the second interview?

2. What does Poirot think about Mrs. Lorrimer's playing?

3. Who is Dr. Roberts paired with?

4. When the four sleuths enter the other room to say goodnight, what do they see?

5. Whose testimony does Mrs. Lorrimer confirm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Meredith seem to implicate Mrs. Lorrimer as the murderer?

2. What are Poirot's deductions about the four possible murder suspects by Chapters 24 and 25?

3. Describe Shaitana.

4. What does Miss Burgess reveal about the doctor that is scandalous?

5. What two things about Rhoda irritate Anne?

6. What is the shocking revelation that Poirot has about Mrs. Lorrimer and Miss Meredith?

7. In what ways does Mrs. Lorrimer show or not show emotion during her interview?

8. What does the presence of four sleuths present to Poirot?

9. How does Mrs. Lorrimer remain in character as Poirot expects?

10. How does Poirot's analysis of Dr. Roberts vary from that of Miss Meredith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Hercule Poirot and Superintendent Battle are important characters.

Part 1) Compare Poirot to the Superintendent Battle. How are these two characters similar and how are they different?

Part 2) What psychological purpose or insight does Poirot offer? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) Poirot offers to examine the past of the murder suspects. What is implied in this decision, and how does it reveal that the murder motive is connected to the past of the murderer and not the present circumstances alone?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in England in the mid-twentieth century when the women in the book are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

How is sexuality portrayed in Cards on the Table? Which characters appear overtly sexual? Which characters are sexually appealing to others, and why? What sexual taboos are broken and what issues are raised in relation to sex? Describe.

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