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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 does Ben feel as he thinks about Hell House while driving away?

2. What does Lionel take when he returns to his room after Florence's attack?

3. What awakens the Barretts after Edith returns to bed?

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

5. Where does Florence believe the proof of Daniel's existence will be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daniel tell Florence that Lionel's machine will do? What does he tell her he needs in order to leave?

2. What is the result of Florence's copulation with Daniel, and how does it affect her friendship with Ben?

3. 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?

4. Lionel and Edith have an awkward moment in the steam room, and Edith leaves hastily, slamming the door behind her. What happens to Lionel after he is abandoned in the steam room?

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

6. Why is Florence's sitting after finding Daniel Belasco so important?

7. What happens when Florence attacks Edith, and what secret does Florence reveal about Edith's childhood?

8. What is the operating premise of the Reversor?

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

10. At 6:47 a.m. on December 23, 1970, Florence once again seems to be the victim of the ghost's violence. Her scream cuts the early morning air. What happens to her, and what are her companions' opinions of the incident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deutsch's death by accidental overdose before the experiment is completed leaves the group without money and basically without a goal now that their benefactor is dead. Yet, they continue the experiment despite the futility of the situation. Why do you think the group continues, even though one of them has died? Do you think that her death is one reason they continue? Specify each individual character's possible motivation and cite examples to support your explanation.

Essay Topic 2

Reverend Florence Tanner is the spiritualist in the group. Upon the initial exploration of Hell House, she is unable to enter the chapel, which should be a place of peace and serenity. Why is Florence repelled by the chapel? What other place in the house makes her feel the same way? Why do you think she fears these rooms? What significance does this have later in the story? Cite examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

How is Florence so easily fooled into giving in to (what she thinks is) Daniel Belasco? What are her motivations? How does she think her self-sacrifice will save Daniel from everlasting torment in Hell House? Cite examples from the text.

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