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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 Barrett call the sound of Edith brushing her teeth and splashing the water as she washes her face?
2. In Chapter 36, what does Ben tell Florence she should do after her latest attack?
3. After Florence's attack, Lionel goes to sleep. What does Edith do?
4. What object does Florence use to focus her trance on Daniel?
5. What does Florence find on the body in the wine cellar?
Short Essay Questions
1. From what does Lionel say that ecotoplasm derives, and from what does he say it is?
2. 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?
3. To whom does Ben compare Florence's belief that Daniel haunts Hell House, and what happened to that person?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. How does Lionel behave after his attack in the steam room, and how does he rationalize the experience?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. What does Daniel make Florence do after he forces her to wet the bed? How does Florence regain some control?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Outline the history of Hell House prior to the second group's expedition, including Bastard Bog's history. Does this history foreshadow the events that may occur at Hell House during the 1970 experiment? If so, how? Cite specific examples from the text to support your theory.
Essay Topic 2
Hell House destroyed one group of analysts 30 years before, leaving only a fifteen-year-old medium as a survivor, badly scarring him physically and mentally. Benjamin Fischer is now choosing to once again enter the place that almost killed him. What do you think his motivation is for joining the group in the latest exploration of Hell House?
Essay Topic 3
The physicist, Lionel Barrett, is to be accompanied by a spiritualist and a medium. Why do you think he is disappointed with the selection? Whom would he rather have as associates in this situation? Why?
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