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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the narrator cite as the author of A Season of War and Loss?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Jo Brunt.
(c) Margaret Garrett.
(d) Ann Brighney.

2. With whom is Mr. Randall perpetually in conversation?
(a) Mr. Twood.
(b) Mrs. Delaney.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Elson Farwell.

3. How many children does Mrs. Abigail Blass say she had with her husband?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. Who is the wealthy man with several properties that Roger and Hans encounter in Chapter 38?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Mr. Collier.
(c) Mr. Twood.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

5. Who wrote Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Maxwell Flagg.
(c) Rose Milland.
(d) Jo Brunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe having happened to him on the day he and his wife plan to consummate their marriage in Chapter 1?

2. Who is the author of Mr. Lincoln’s Washington?

3. What is described on the doorsteps of the building in the beginning of Chapter 33?

4. How old was the narrator's bride in Chapter 1 when they married?

5. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abraham Lincoln do when he enters the mausoleum in Chapter 16?

2. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

3. How are Mr. Randall and Mr. Twood described?

4. How is the appearance of the Reverend Everly Thomas described in Chapter 9?

5. How is Mr. Collier described in the novel?

6. Why does Willie refuse to pass on from the bardo for much of the novel?

7. How is Mrs. Ellis's appearance described in Chapter 26?

8. What is the unnatural predilection that Roger Bevins III describes in Chapter 9?

9. How is the appearance of Hans Vollman described in Chapter 9?

10. How is Abraham Lincoln's demeanor described in the Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Isabelle Perkins excerpt in Chapter 7?

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