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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 is the Reversor expected to remove from Hell House?
(a) Psychic energy.
(b) Spritual energy.
(c) Somnombalistic tendencies.
(d) Physical energy.

2. What does Lionel say the radiation of light negates?
(a) Spiritualistic phenomena.
(b) Photogenic phenomena.
(c) Mediumistic phenomena.
(d) Ritualistic phenomena.

3. What does Ben tell Edith to do to keep her from wandering away from her husband?
(a) Tie her wrist to the bed.
(b) Lock herself in her room.
(c) Take a sleeping pill.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

4. What object does Florence use to focus her trance on Daniel?
(a) A crystal.
(b) A piece of bone.
(c) A ring.
(d) A tooth.

5. What does Ben say has changed about the house after they run the Reversor?
(a) The feel.
(b) The smell.
(c) The atmosphere.
(d) The vibration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sits with Florence after her horrible experience in her room leaves her catatonic?

2. How does Edith react to the phenomenon she sees while lying awake?

3. What room does the group begin working on the morning after Florence's attack?

4. What does Barrett call the sound of Edith brushing her teeth and splashing the water as she washes her face?

5. What does Florence dream of doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. From what does Lionel say that ecotoplasm derives, and from what does he say it is?

3. 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?

4. What does Lionel do to keep Edith from wandering off while he is asleep? How does this make Edith feel at first? How does it make her feel later?

5. What happens to Florence after she finally gives in to Daniel's pleas?

6. Lionel's concern for the health of Florence and Ben leads him to call Deutsch's man for medical help, preferably an ambulance. What does Lionel learn during that call?

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

8. What is the operating premise of the Reversor?

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

10. 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?

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