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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. Who is attributed with writing Letters of a Union Fellow in Chapter 70?

2. Who shared opium with the Barons?

3. Who attempts to drive the black former slaves across the fence in Chapter 66?

4. Who was Roger Bevins III's family maid that he spoke unkindly to and was made to write her a letter?

5. Who is the outspoken former boilermaker that occupies Lincoln in Chapter 77?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the spirits of the bardo changed in apperance after occupying Lincoln in Chapter 77?

2. What regrets are presented in Chapter 48?

3. How did Elson Farwell die?

4. What does the Reverend Thomas describe of his transformation in Chapter 80?

5. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

6. What does Miss Tamara Doolittle lament about in Chapter 65?

7. Why do Vollman and Bevins try to persuade Lincoln to return to the mausoleum in Chapter 51?

8. How do the protagonists manage to sway Lincoln from leaving in Chapter 77?

9. What is the outcome of the young lovers that is described in Chapter 77?

10. What does Willie's suit symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

What occurs when characters from the bardo merge or occupy the bodies of the living? How does this experience change them? How does it impact the living being?

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