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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. Whose account is described in Voices of a Divided Land?
2. What are described as the furies that haunt houses where a children dies, according to the narrator in Chapter 73?
3. Who is the fictional author that is attributed with writing The Spiritual Lincoln: An Essential Journey?
4. Who describes giving his mistress diamonds and pearls, though she later left him for Mr. Hollyfen in Chapter 65?
5. Herndon’s Informants is said to detail whose account in Chapter 72?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Miss Tamara Doolittle lament about in Chapter 65?
2. What does the Reverend Thomas describe of his transformation in Chapter 80?
3. What do Vollman and Bevins realize about the passage of time in Chapter 55?
4. How do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman go about occupying Mr. Lincoln in Chapter 44?
5. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?
6. To what does Lance Durning attest in Chapter 65?
7. What is the outcome of the young lovers that is described in Chapter 77?
8. To what sin does Captain William Prince confess? To whom does he confess?
9. Who is Benjamin ("Benjy") and why is he mentioned by Mr. and Mrs. Baron in Chapter 65?
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
Who is Elise Traynor? What is her role in the plot of Lincoln in the Bardo? How is this character described in the narrative? What does she represent symbolically?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss and analyze the character of Thomas Havens in Lincoln in the Bardo. How does Havens feel about his experiences as a slave? Why does he remain in the bardo? What happens to Havens at the end of the novel?
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