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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 George?

2. Why does Tommy want to go to the Jerusalem Inn with Melrose in Chapter 14?

3. What does Melrose watch at the Jerusalem Inn when he is shortly stranded there by a storm?

4. What forces Danielle into service as a maid?

5. How do Tommy and Melrose decide to get to the Jerusalem Inn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lady St. Leger described when her character is introduced in Chapter 11?

2. What does the group discuss over its first dinner at Spinney Abbey?

3. How is the Margate Hotel described?

4. What wry comment does Parmenger make to Jury about how he is dressed the night Beatrice is found?

5. What information does Ruthven hear from other servants that he passes along to Melrose?

6. What is confusing to the guests about Beatrice's murder scene?

7. How does Susan Assington appear to the group when it arrives at Spinney Abbey during the snowstorm?

8. What feature of Beatrice's leaves a particular impression on Melrose when he first meets her?

9. What first impression of Parmenger does Melrose offer to Jury?

10. What arrangements was Brown given for her work at Bonaventure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the Helen Minton murder scene 1) sets the tone for the rest of the novel and 2) introduces at least three key facts about Helen that are important throughout the rest of the text. Make sure to use direct quotations and evidence from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as brooding as Richard Jury. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.

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