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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. How many times does a bell toll as Himerius give Anna a sack the first time they row to the priory on the rock and he instructs Anna to climb the wall?

2. What does Anna steal to try to get silver to take her to the shrine of the Virgin of the Source?

3. How many acres of forest are outside the trailer Bunny inherits from her great-uncle?

4. What type of dog does Zeno's father bring home in April of their first year in Lakeport?

5. How old is Zeno when is father is hired to install a new sash saw at the Ansley Tie and Lumber Company?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Omeir born, and what is different about him?

2. On February 20, 2020, what does Seymour have in his backpack?

3. Why does Anna start going to an abandoned priory with Himerius?

4. Where does Konstance go when she is seven and three-quarters when she cannot sleep, and what do she and her father do there?

5. In Folio H, why do the bandits decide not to throw Aethon the donkey off a cliff?

6. Who is Anna?

7. How careless does Omeir observe that some men are with their oxen?

8. When and how is Zeno captured by the Chinese?

9. When do Omeir and the others reach Constantinople, and how does Omeir describe the city?

10. What problems is Maria having after she hits her head on the stone floor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Cloud Cuckoo Land, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Seymour decides to set off a bomb. Why does Seymour decide to set off a bomb? Are his efforts heroic or selfish?

Essay Topic 3

Konstance discovers that Sybil is not as omniscient as she has always been told. How does Konstance feel when she learns that Sybil is not all-knowing? How does that knowledge lead Konstance to discover her own knowledge and strengths?

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