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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. Who is most relieved to learn that Tom isn't a suspect in Beatrice's murder?
2. What weapon does Jury decide Beatrice is killed with?
3. How do Tommy and Melrose decide to get to the Jerusalem Inn?
4. What is the real relationship between Helen and Parmenger?
5. What secret does Jury confess to Grace that he knows about her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What wry comment does Parmenger make to Jury about how he is dressed the night Beatrice is found?
2. How is Lady St. Leger described when her character is introduced in Chapter 11?
3. What does Vivian ask Jury as she is leaving from being questioned by him about Beatrice's death?
4. What is going on in the Jerusalem Inn when Melrose, Plant, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven arrive during the snowstorm?
5. What theory of Beatrice's murder do Jury and Melrose discuss at the Jerusalem Inn when they are there with Tom and Robbie?
6. What information does Ruthven hear from other servants that he passes along to Melrose?
7. What arrangements was Brown given for her work at Bonaventure?
8. How does Jury respond to being yelled at when he lights the fire in the Margate Hotel?
9. What feature of Beatrice's leaves a particular impression on Melrose when he first meets her?
10. What is Grace's physician's theory about what happened with Beatrice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss why it was necessary for Beatrice to die in "Jerusalem Inn." Make sure to discuss what effect her death has on the text in general and on Jury in particular -- and why those consequences were necessary for the story.
Essay Topic 2
Describe at least three things that Grimes is able to do with the character of Helen because she is a woman AND at least three things she is *not* able to do with her because she is a woman.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze at least three aspects of "Jerusalem Inn" that makes the novel believable as well as what literary devices Grimes uses to create that level of believability OR analyze at least three aspects of "Jerusalem Inn" that makes the novel unbelievable as well as what literary devices Grimes does not use effectively to create a level of believability in the story.
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