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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 is Dr. Montague's passion?

2. With what does Eleanor deny having experiences?

3. What color is Eleanor's room?

4. How does Hill House affect Eleanor?

5. Who tries to stop Eleanor from going through the gates at Hill House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the design of Hill House overall?

2. Who is Eleanor Vance? Why is she chosen for Dr. Montague's project?

3. What does Dr. Montague plan to do with the information he gains from his and his assistants' experiences at Hill House?

4. Who are the Dudleys?

5. Why does Eleanor steal her car from her sister?

6. What quote comes to Eleanor's mind when she walks up to the front door the first time?

7. Why do Dr. Montague and his assistants have trouble finding the dining room?

8. Who gets lost on their way to breakfast? Why?

9. What did Eleanor purchase specifically for this trip to Hill House?

10. Who built Hill House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the Sandersons? How did they come to own Hill House? Why do they not live in the house? Who has lived in the house over the past several years? What happened to those people?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Mrs. Montague? Why does she show up at Hill House? What does Mrs. Montague plan to do there? What is significant about Mrs. Montague's treatment of her husband? Of his assistants? What is significant of Mrs. Montague's relationship with Mrs. Dudley?

Essay Topic 3

What is the nature of the relationship between Eleanor and Theo? Are they friends? Is there sexual tension between them? Why does this relationship begin to turn sour? Is Theo truly mean to Eleanor, or is this just something Eleanor perceives because of the house?

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