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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. In Chapter 17, what is the enrollment of the Minute Men by June?

2. In Chapter 14, what church does Doremus's wife and children belong to?

3. At the end of Chapter 17, how many does the New Underground help escape to Canada by winter?

4. How much money was Senator Windrip accused of grafting?

5. In Chapter 8, how many points of victory does Windrip issue in a proclamation during the first week of his campaign?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the layout of the Informer building?

2. What does Doremus say about curing the evils of democracy at the end of Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 6, what are Doremus's political views?

4. In Chapter10, who supports Windrip?

5. In Chapter 13, why does Doremus wonder if it was desirable for the 13 Colonies to cut themselves from Great Britain?

6. Who is Louis Rotenstern?

7. Why do Doremus and Emma have separate bedrooms, and how long have they had separate bedrooms?

8. In Chapter 8, how does Windrip clarify his philosophy?

9. How is Doremus Jessup's family described?

10. At the end of Chapter 14, what is Shad Ledue's response when Doremus fires him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses various techniques to present background information in the novel. What are the different techniques that are used to present background information? Which technique seems to be most effective and least intrusive? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Shad Ledue rises from handyman to county commissioner. What does Shad’s rise to power reveal about the new government? What does Shad’s demise seem to foreshadow and symbolize about the fall of Windrip’s government?

Essay Topic 3

Doremus observes Windrip’s dictatorship and dictatorships that he reads about, and he decides that there is a common structure in dictatorships. What commonalities does Doremus see in various dictatorships? What does he decide is the “biology of dictatorships” (285)?

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