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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 are the manuscripts in "Count Magnus" about?

2. Where is Parkins a professor?

3. What is Mr. Wraxall's role in the manuscripts?

4. What type of writing does the Englishman see in the Canon Alberic's scrapbook?

5. What is the Tractate Middoth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dennistoun learn about the house in the painting, in "The Mezzotint"?

2. Describe Parkins, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad."

3. What happens to Mr. Wraxall after he views Count Magnus's tomb?

4. How does Mr. Anderson's room change, in "Number 13"?

5. What does Mr. Somerton do for a living, and how does it lead him to the treasure of Abbot Thomas?

6. What is Abbot Thomas's treasure? Where is it located?

7. 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?

8. What painting does Mr. Williams think Dennistoun would like, in "The Mezzotint"? What does Dennistoun think of the painting?

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

10. What does Parkins dream about the night he finds the metal object? What does the maid tell him the next day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does description play a role in an author's work? How does the author use description to draw the reader into the story? What are some examples where the description does not work?

Essay Topic 3

When considering James's life, where do you believe he found the inspiration for his book? What does this book cause you to think about the author's life? How did James change the genre of horror and suspense writing?

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