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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 keeps expanding?

2. When has Lona left her couch?

3. What does Raven agree with Vane as far as the Little Ones are concerned?

4. Who does Whitey drive off?

5. How does the Army enter the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Princess tell Vane after Vane bathes and eats?

3. Describe the garret and mirror.

4. How does Lilith get her hand unclenched and what happens to her?

5. What does Vane think about after he has been "pushed" back into his own world?

6. Describe the Princess's encounter with Lona.

7. What does Adam explain about sleep?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Vane desires to be helpful to the Little Ones and others he meets in the other world. Sometimes what he thinks is being helpful is actually harmful. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze three situations when Mr. Vane is trying to be helpful but the results are harmful. What is he trying to do? Why does he want to help? Is his help actually needed? What is the result of his help?

2. MacDonald seems to suggest that the "modern" world of his day was abandoning philanthropy in the pursuit of knowledge and material possessions. Discuss this idea in light of the text using examples to illustrate your thoughts.

3. In your own experience, do you think at times it is difficult to distinguish between helpfulness and causing harm? Why or why not? How can one know when to help and when to leave someone to figure things out for themselves?

Essay Topic 2

The Shadow is two-dimensional, opaque , absorbing its own shadow, and invariably accompanied by an enormous white female leopard. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the appearance of the character "The Shadow." Is he/she/it "real"? Why do you think is is usually accompanied by the white female leopard? Do you think this implies that the Shadow is male energy?

2. There is a concept that everyone has a "shadow" side. Trace and analyze this concept as it occurs in LILITH. Does every in the book seem to have a shadow side? If their shadow side seems predominant (such as Lilith or the Giants) do they have a "light" side? Do the Little Ones have a shadow side? What about Adam? Eve? Are the Giants the shadow side of something/someone else? Who?

Essay Topic 3

Lilith is replete with symbols. Discuss the following:

1. Describe the garret and mirror and what each may symbolize. Do you think they are successful in what they may symbolize? Why or why not.

2. Describe the different leopards and discuss the symbolism of them.

3. Discuss Raven and why you think MacDonald may have chosen to name Adam as Raven. It will probably be helpful to research the various symbolic meanings often ascribed to the Raven.

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