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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 does Vane first seem to sleep and then awaken?

2. What does Odu beg of Mara?

3. What does Vane contemplate?

4. What does the monsters' hollow hold?

5. What comes to Vane in the daylight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who pushes for an attack on the city and what is Vane's response?

2. Describe the Princess's encounter with Lona.

3. Describe Vane.

4. Why does Vane say he is unworthy to sleep in the chamber and what does he have to first do before sleeping?

5. What does Mara do with Lilith?

6. Describe the Fugitive Mother, who is the one who pushes for an attack on the city.

7. About what does Raven read from the mutilated book?

8. What happens to the white cat that interrupts Raven's reading?

9. What does Lilith do in the desert and what does she demand?

10. What is Vane told when he seems to wake up and goes outside to find the desert alive with streams and ponds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 1, "The Library," establishes that young Mr. Vane, an orphan and recent Oxford graduate, has an interest in the metaphysical. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term "metaphysical."

2. Discuss what elements of the metaphysical appear in Lilith, e. g.: What elements of Lilith seem outside the five senses? Give examples. What things that happen cannot be proved by normal scientific methods?

3. What challenges are there in reading a novel that is based in metaphysics?

Essay Topic 2

Obviously, much of Lilith is grounded in Judeo-Christian traditions and writings. Discuss one the following:

1. Discuss five images that arise out of the Torah/Old Testament. What does each image mean in the Torah/Old Testament? How is the meaning of the image similar in Lilith as in the Torah/Old Testament? How is the meaning different?

2. Discuss five images that arise out of the Christian text called The New Testament. What does each image mean in the The New Testament? How is the meaning of the image similar in Lilith as in the The New Testament? How is the meaning different?

3. Some critics/readers have suggested that Lilith is a Christian allegory, while others say that it has elements of an allegory, but is not. Define allegory and discuss whether you think Lilith is an allegory. Give examples to support your stance.

Essay Topic 3

The idea of identity appears throughout Lilith. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of identity throughout LILITH. Whose identities change? Whose stay the same? Is one's identity set or does it change?

2. Do you think the word "identity" is the same as the concept of "true self"? Explain your response with examples from the text.

3. Does Mr. Vane's true self change or does his perception of who he is change? Explore this question fully with examples from the text.

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