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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. Where is the inn that Mr. Thomson stays, in the story "Rats"?

2. What does Lady Ivy want?

3. In "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," where does the person Mr. Davidson meets on his walk say his daughter works?

4. In "Casting the Runes," what covers the sheet of paper Dunning's receives?

5. Who does Mr. Davidson meet on his walk home, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is odd about the wood carvings in John Haynes room, in the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

2. What happens when Mr. Davidson returns to the church on St. Mark's day?

3. What does the narrator learn about the wood carvings, at the end of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

4. What does Mr. Harrington return to Mr. Karswell, and what happens to Mr. Karswell, at the end of "Casting the Runes"?

5. In "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," how do the objects attack the men in the story?

6. Who is John Haynes, in the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

7. In the story "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks into the garden?

8. What passage does Mr. Humphreys find that describes the maze?

9. Why is Mr. Karswell, one of the main characters in "Casting the Runes," a vicious man?

10. What inheritance does Mr. Humphreys receive from his uncle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does James use the theme of greed in his stories? Choose one story that uses the theme of greed and explain whether James uses the story to teach a lesson. What is that lesson and how does James present it to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define the term climax and decide where the point of climax is within a story of your choice. Explain how the event fits the definition of climax and site examples from the book.

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