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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben say about Daniel to Florence while she is praying for Daniel's release?
(a) That Daniel may not exist.
(b) That Daniel will never leave.
(c) That Daniel is in love with Florence.
(d) That Daniel is really a demon, not a ghost.

2. While Lionel works on his machine, how long does Florence pray for Daniel's release?
(a) Forty minutes.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Two hours.

3. What awakens the Barretts after Edith returns to bed?
(a) A scream.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) A loud bang.
(d) A popping sound.

4. What does Barrett call the sound of Edith brushing her teeth and splashing the water as she washes her face?
(a) Symphonie Domestique.
(b) Symphony Brusillia.
(c) Symphony of Life.
(d) Symphonie Aquafer.

5. What happens when Lionel checks the Reversor after Ben leaves?
(a) Edith is possessed.
(b) The machine explodes.
(c) Lionel gets trapped.
(d) The machine turns on by itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Florence comes out of the trance after finding the body in the wine cellar?

2. Florence claims that she was attacked by whom/what at the beginning of Chapter 30?

3. In Chapter 36, what does Ben tell Florence she should do after her latest attack?

4. What does William Deutsch instruct his father's representative to do with the Hell House researchers?

5. What does Lionel call his machine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the words Florence repeats over the body of Daniel Belasco at his funeral, and what is their purpose?

2. Why do you think Florence wrote the letter "B" in her own blood on the chapel floor? What do you think she was trying to tell the Barretts and Ben?

3. On what does Lionel blame Edith's overtly sexual behavior toward Ben?

4. Explain in detail what Florence does to rid herself of Daniel's possession.

5. How does Lionel behave after his attack in the steam room, and how does he rationalize the experience?

6. What happens forty-five minutes after Lionel starts the Reversor, and why does he tell Ben that he needs Ben's presence in the house?

7. Describe Daniel Belasco's exhumation and reburial.

8. To whom does Ben compare Florence's belief that Daniel haunts Hell House, and what happened to that person?

9. Ben finally begins to agree with Florence about the entity haunting Hell House. Who does Florence think it is, and what do they believe is the spirit's purpose for haunting?

10. Ben and Lionel believe that Florence has created the ghost of Daniel Belasco. Florence vehemently denies this until she is struck with a sudden, painful memory. What is that memory, and who has she come to believe the ghost of Daniel Belasco really is?

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