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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. In what state is Indian Mound Downs located?

2. Whose horse has won the race in Chapter 9?

3. What is the name of the stall superintendent at Indian Mound Downs?

4. Maggie tells Little Spinoza in Chapter 15 that sex is a form of what?

5. How much is the claiming race for that Little Spinoza's owners decide to race him in, in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Deucey relate to Maggie regarding luck in Chapter 2?

2. How would you compare the language styles associated with Medicine Ed and Maggie in the novel?

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

4. What crucial information does Tommy reveal to Joe Dale during their conversation in Chapter 19?

5. How has Two-Tie's behavior changed in Chapter 17? What are the impacts of the changes in Two-Tie's character?

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

7. How is the theme of fear developed in Chapter 10?

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

9. How did Medicine Ed get his name? What is revealed about Medicine Ed's history in Chapter 4?

10. Why does Two-Tie have this nickname? What does his second tie represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of irony in the novel. What are examples of dramatic irony in the story? How does the author employ verbal and situational irony? What purpose does each example serve?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of entrapment or enslavement in Lord of Misrule. In what ways are the main characters enslaved by their circumstances or by their significant others? What statements do you think the author is making regarding the entrapment of these characters?

Essay Topic 3

Is the character Two-Tie a protagonist in the story or an antagonist? Why? What motivates Two-Tie to commit the actions that he commits in the novel? Do you think this character is sympathetic? Why or why not?

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