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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Hans Vollman when he came to the bardo?
(a) 39.
(b) 46.
(c) 62.
(d) 32.

2. What are described as the furies that haunt houses where a children dies, according to the narrator in Chapter 73?
(a) Faith and Virtue.
(b) Blame and Guilt.
(c) Sorrow and Grief.
(d) Regret and Desire.

3. What character evolves into a being with multiple eyes, ears, noses, hands, etc. in Chapter 41?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Mr. Bevins.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Elson Farwell.

4. Who is cited as the author of “Setting the Record Straight: Memoir, Error, and Evasion" in Chapter 47?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Jo Brunt.
(c) Jason Trumm.
(d) Elson Farwell.

5. What word from Chapter 42 means to cease to resist an opponent?
(a) Eradicate.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Emulate.
(d) Capitulate.

6. Who is the slave who speaks in a complicated and elaborate manner in Chapter 66?
(a) Elson Farwell.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Robert G. Twistings.
(d) Tobian Clearly.

7. Who is described by Roger Bevins III as the decapitated fellow in Chapter 52?
(a) Marshall Turnbull.
(b) Ellers.
(c) Margaret Garrett.
(d) Elson Farwell.

8. Who is Tobin "Badger" Muller's wife?
(a) Edna.
(b) Emma.
(c) Elise.
(d) Anna.

9. What word from Chapter 60 means irresponsible?
(a) Pandering.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Feckless.
(d) Flatulent.

10. Who was Roger Bevins III's family maid that he spoke unkindly to and was made to write her a letter?
(a) Anna.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Sara.
(d) Marie.

11. Who was President Polk succeeded by?
(a) President Tyler
(b) President Taylor.
(c) President Polk.
(d) President Lincoln.

12. Who is attributed as the author of The Rudderless Ship: When Presidents Flounder?
(a) Maureen H. Hedges.
(b) E. G. Frame.
(c) Rose Milland.
(d) Stephen Sears.

13. When did Millard Fillmore serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1823-1826.
(b) 1901-1905.
(c) 1841-1845.
(d) 1850-1853.

14. Who is the fictional author attributed with writing A Mother’s Trial: Mary Lincoln and the Civil War in Chapter 58?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Marshall Turnbull.
(c) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(d) Jayne Coster.

15. Whom does the narrator say died in the terrible fight in the opening of Chapter 41?
(a) Elson Farwell.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Tom Gilman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the youngest of the East children?

2. Whose account is described in Voices of a Divided Land?

3. Herndon’s Informants is said to detail whose account in Chapter 72?

4. Who is the fictional author that is attributed with writing The Spiritual Lincoln: An Essential Journey?

5. Where does the Reverend Thomas say his family ate for his funeral meal in Chapter 61?

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