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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 work by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. is cited in Chapter 1?

2. Who wrote Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House?

3. Who is described in Chapter 37 as constantly mumbling about his grandson's excellent university marks?

4. Upon whose face does the Reverend Thomas place his hands in Chapter 29?

5. What literary work is attributed to Ruth Painter Randall in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Abigail Blass in Chapter 26?

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

4. Why do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman set out seeking Abraham Lincoln in Chapter 36?

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

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

7. How does Hans Vollman describe his death in Chapter 1?

8. What does Lieutenant Cecil Stone describe of his life in Chapter 26?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative style of Lincoln in the Bardo. Who are the principle narrators? Is their narrator related in first, second, or third-person perspective? What is the impact of having so many different narrators in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Three Bachelors? What are their names? What activities do they perform around the bardo? What role do they play in the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of loss and grief in Lincoln in the Bardo. How are these themes illustrated through character? What are symbols in the novel that reflect the themes of loss and grief?

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