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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 is Old Bailey doing when he hears of where marquis' body is?

2. Who saves Richard from Lamia's kiss?

3. Why does Croup decide NOT to torture Door?

4. What do the Fryers do to remember the person who is given the hardest challenge?

5. What does Hunter like to hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Door repay Hammersmith for his services?

2. What does Hunter reveal about Islington's citadel?

3. What causes The Great Beast of London to appear before Richard?

4. What happens at the end of the book?

5. What does Richard find when he first enters the citadel?

6. How does Richard return from his challenge from the Black Friars, and why is this so surprising?

7. What does Hunter do just before she dies?

8. What does Old Bailey notice about the silver box, and what does this mean?

9. What do Richard and Door say to each other before Richard returns home?

10. Why does marquis say he was willing to die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Islington, and what significance did his character have on the progression of this plot? How did his place in the plot affect the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

This plot takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Gaiman have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this plot?

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