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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. Where did Lancelot first meet Lucy Cobb?

2. What did the item in Lancelot's father's sock drawer seem to prove?

3. Who does Lancelot welcome in a meeting in Chapter 1?

4. What made Lancelot give up the two things he had been doing while in the rut?

5. Where had Margot rebuilt a burned section of Belle Isle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lancelot know the Grand Kleagle and what did he do to him?

2. Why is Lancelot telling his story to Harry?

3. What was Margot doing the summer Siobhan was conceived?

4. Why does Lancelot think Margot is doing more than watching rushes at the Holiday Inn?

5. When does Lancelot claim to remember why he is in the hospital?

6. How does Lancelot explain that the girl in the room next to his is still virginal after the brutal attack she suffered?

7. Lancelot compares his discovery of his wife's infidelity to what?

8. What did the money in Lancelot's father's sock drawer prove to Lancelot?

9. What does Elgin report about Margot's night at the Holiday Inn?

10. How does Lancelot appear to be growing more unstable as the story continues?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book in support of your answer, explain how Lancelot and Percival symbolize the battle between good and evil.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast what Lancelot believes Margot and Anna symbolize? How is this represented? Support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of Merlin's character? What does he symbolize? What is his role? Use examples from the book in support of your answer.

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