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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 Brenda see in the chapel?
2. What does Stella probably know?
3. What is Domenica's occupation?
4. About what does Howarth blame himself?
5. Why does Angela Foley's grandmother not raise Angela?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene at the chapel when Dalgliesh and Massingham arrive and what do they do.
2. What does Major Hunt tell Dalgliesh and Massingham about Dr. Lorrimer's will?
3. What does Dalgliesh think about concerning his interview with Dr. Kerrison?
4. What does Dalgliesh learn from Domenica about Dr. Lorrimer?
5. Describe Brenda Pridmore's walk through the construction site.
6. What additional information does Dalgliesh learn from Angela Foley?
7. Where do Dalgliesh and Massingham go at the opening of Book 4, Chapter 1 and what do they learn?
8. How does Dalgliesh sum up his investigation so far at the end of the first day?
9. Describe Inspector Doyle.
10. Describe Maxim Howarth's thoughts about Domenica?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Angela Foley's grandmother has nothing to do with Angela as Angela is growing up and even allows the young girl to go to an orphanage when her mother dies. Discuss the following:
1. Does it make sense for the grandmother to take her dislike of her daughter out on her granddaughter? Why or why not. Is it ethical or moral? Or is it an ethical or moral issue? Explain.
2. How do you think it impacts Angela as a child for her grandmother to reject her especially after Angela's mother dies? How do you think this may have influenced her choices as an adult?
3. What personality traits do you think Angela holds as a result of being caught in the cross-hairs of the feud between her mother and grandmother?
4. Do you think Angela is capable of murder? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of characters who hate and/or dislike Dr. Lorrimer. Discuss the following:
1. Discuss Director Howarth's feelings towards Dr. Lorrimer. Are they reasonable and justified? On what grounds do you think the feelings arise? Do you think Dr. Lorrimer feels the same way towards Director Howarth? Do you think Howarth's feelings towards Dr. Lorrimer are strong enough to lead Howarth to commit murder?
2. Discuss Domenica Schofield's feelings towards Dr. Lorrimer. Are they reasonable and justified? On what grounds do you think the feelings arise? Do she ever care for Dr. Lorrimer? Do you think Domenica's feelings towards Dr. Lorrimer are strong enough to lead her to commit murder?
3. Discuss Cliff Bradley's feelings towards Dr. Lorrimer. Are they reasonable and justified? On what grounds do you think the feelings arise? Why do you think Cliff makes the comments he makes in the library as the staff is awaiting the arrival of Dalgliesh? Do you think Bradley's feelings towards Dr. Lorrimer are strong enough to lead him to commit murder?
Essay Topic 3
Most of the action of the story is based upon the main plot--that of finding Dr. Lorrimer's murderer. However, there are a couple minor sub-plots in the novel. Discuss the following:
1. What is a sub-plot? Do you think most works of fiction have at least one sub-plot? Why or why not?
2. Identify 2 subplots in Death of an Expert Witness. Identify the parts of the sub-plots you examine such as exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution and whether the sub-plot contains all these elements.
3. What do you think is the purpose of the 2 sub-plots you identify? Discuss with examples from the text.
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