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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 19, how many stories is the building that the Informer occupies?

2. In Chapter 4, how many people can Bishop Prang get to vote on an issue if he asks people to vote?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Windrip's wife do back home?

4. In Chapter 16, how many districts are in the new Northeastern Province?

5. In Chapter 11, who does Doremus campaign for?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, where does Shad make his headquarters and how does he decorate them?

2. What happens to Dr. Fowler Greenhill at the end of Chapter 19?

3. How is Fort Beulah described at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

5. In Chapter 8, how does Doremus explain Windrip's campaign planks?

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

7. What is being held at the beginning of Chapter 1, and where is it held?

8. In Chapter 15, what Spanish custom does Windrip use to get rid of embarrassing friends and enemies?

9. Why does Doremus not sleep well at the end of Chapter 19?

10. What happens to Dr. King in Chapter 18, and what does he have planned for his future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Philip uses an idiom to show that he things a government needs to be broken before it can be formed into a good administration. What idiom does Philip use? How does he use the idiom to push his ideas about government? Why does Doremus believe that people are not souls to be broken to make a government?

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

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?

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