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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 sensation does Hans Vollman describe when sitting inside of Lincoln in Chapter 49?

2. What are the names of the nightwatchman's children?

3. Who is described in Chapter 53 as raging in frustration at drunken Anatomy students?

4. Who is said to have written Accidental Jehovah: Will, Focus, and the Great Deed?

5. Who is cited as the author of "These Battle Memories" in Chapter 47?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the prides of Professor Edmund Bloomer and Lawrence T. Decroix?

2. What do Vollman and Bevins realize about the passage of time in Chapter 55?

3. How does Mrs. Francis Hodge describe Litzie's life?

4. To what sin does Captain William Prince confess? To whom does he confess?

5. What does the lock and key in Lincoln's pocket represent?

6. Who is Benjamin ("Benjy") and why is he mentioned by Mr. and Mrs. Baron in Chapter 65?

7. How did Bevins and Vollman once cause a wedding?

8. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

9. How are the Crutcher brothers and Mr. and Mrs. Reedy described?

10. How is the experience of being in Lincoln described in Chapter 49?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the character of Litzie in the novel. Why is Litzie's story related from another character? What are the details of Litzie's past? How does Litzie's character evolve in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Detail and discuss the plot structure of Lincoln in the Bardo. Where does the exposition transition into rising action? What is the instigating incident? Where is the climax of the plot? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

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