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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. What does Raven call the interrupter?
2. About what is the song Eve sings?
3. What does the Old Man who Vane meets claim?
4. What does Life become?
5. What swirls above the mountain where the company is heading?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lilith do in the desert and what does she demand?
2. What happens to the baby that the "fugitive mother" was carrying?
3. What does Mara do with Lilith?
4. What happens to the white cat that interrupts Raven's reading?
5. Describe the Princess's encounter with Lona.
6. What does the Princess tell Vane after Vane bathes and eats?
7. About what does Raven read from the mutilated book?
8. When Vane sees the Princess, what does she tell him when she first sees him and what does he think?
9. Describe Vane.
10. What does Vane think about after he has been "pushed" back into his own world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A clear and prominent theme of LILITH is that of death. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of death in LILITH. What are some symbols to represent death? Are there different types of death? Is death really death? Is death an illusion or real?
2. Discuss the attitude of the following characters towards death: Raven, Mr. Vane, The Little Ones, Cat-Woman, Eve, Lilith, Mr. Vane's grandfather.
3. After reading LILITH, if you thought it was an accurate portrayal of what death is, would you welcome it or run from it? Explain fully with examples from the text.
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
In Chapter 8, Vane examines some old papers. One thing written there is the sentence: "I know the outspread splendour a passing show ... it may... be lifted to reveal more wonderful things." Discuss the following:
1. Discuss the implication of the above quote as to the nature of reality.
2. The reality of the world into which Vane enters through the mirror is quite different from the "real" world which is composed of only three dimensions. Compare/contrast the properties of the "real" world (that which we live in) to the properties of the world Vane visits.
3. At the end of the book, Vane, Lona and the Little Ones are walking towards a City on top of a mountain. The suggestion is that this city is "heaven." Discuss how you think the world of this city may differ from both our earth and the world in which Bulika is set.
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