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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 happens when Mr. Somerton grabs the bag of treasure?

2. What does Dennistoun decide not to publish in "The Mezzotint"?

3. What color does the Englishman notice concerning the caretaker while at S. Bertrand Church?

4. Where does Mr. Williams lock the painting?

5. Where did Abbot Thomas work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dennistoun brings Canon Alberic's Scrapbook into his room at night? How does he get rid of it?

2. What is the Tractate Middoth?

3. Describe Mr. Wraxall from the story, Count Magnus.

4. Who is Master Sampson, and what does he carry with him?

5. Where does Dennistoun lock the painting away? What does Mr. Dennistoun's servant see in the painting?

6. Why does Parkins get rid of the metal object he finds, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"? How does he get rid of it?

7. What does Parkins think about the metal object he finds, in ""Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad"? What does the object look like?

8. What the city of Chorazin, and how does Mr. Wraxall learn about it?

9. What do the two men discuss, at the start of "A School Story "?

10. Why does Collins try to warn Mrs. Anstruther not to plant her rose garden in the chosen location?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting effect the reader's experience of the story? Does it matter that the story is set in another country? Describe the setting of the story of you choice and explain how it is intertwined with the plot.

Essay Topic 2

How does James address the theme of revenge in his book? Choose two examples and explain how these examples contribute to the theme of revenge.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the solitary traveler in James' books? Use two stories that use this character and how it relates to the plot.

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