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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 does Medicine Ed say he needs the money for that he borrows for Little Spinoza?

2. What name does Maggie use when she asks about Two-Tie in Chapter 12?

3. What horse wins the first race in Chapter 9?

4. What is the name of the stables that Tommy owns?

5. What was the name of the big mare that injured Medicine Ed in 1958?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the blue Cadillac come to represent in the narrative?

2. What comparisons does Two-Tie make to the card players at his house in Chapter 11?

3. How does the narrative perspective shift in Chapter 15? Why does the author make this shift?

4. What causes Medicine Ed's luck to change following the first race?

5. How is Two-Tie's character presented in the novel? What are his objectives?

6. How is the theme of luck explored in Chapter 1 of the novel?

7. What is noteworthy regarding Tommy's behavior toward Maggie in Chapter 10?

8. What demand does Two-Tie make of Vernon during their phone conversation in Chapter 17? Why does he make this demand?

9. What is a hot walking machine? What does this apparatus symbolize in the novel?

10. How is the horse named Little Spinoza regarded by the main characters in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character arc of Tommy in Lord of Misrule. How does Tommy's character change in the course of the story? What are the catalysts that propel these changes in Tommy? Do you think that Tommy is a protagonist or an antagonist in the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the main horses that are the focus in Lord of Misrule. What is Maggie's favorite horse? Why? Which horse does Tommy prefer? How are the horses in the novel compared to one another?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the central conflicts in Lord of Misrule. What are examples of internal character conflicts and external conflicts in the story? How do these conflicts emerge and are they resolved? If so, how?

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