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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 the condemned man want to take off his body?
2. What is the source of the sound that the condemned man hears?
3. Who is the author of AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE?
4. During what war does the story take place?
5. In what direction is the man looking?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Peyton think has happened when everything goes cold and dark?
2. What happens to startle Peyton out of his reverie of the beauty of the nature he sees?
3. Describe the vortex in which Peyton finds himself after thinking he was safe from the Federal soldiers.
4. What questions does the author plant in the reader's mind about why Peyton was selected for the encounter with the Federal scout?
5. Describe the road that Peyton discovers.
6. What does Peyton want to know after the mention of the posted notice?
7. What does the condemned man think of while closing his eyes and what breaks his concentration?
8. How does Part 2 help to fill in some information regarding the crime for which Peyton is to be hanged as learned in Part 1?
9. Explain the third step in the execution.
10. Explain the second step in the execution.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is your opinion of Peyton Farquhar? Do you think he was a willful man bent on his own destruction for his own purposes? Or is he someone to be pitied for his misguided sense of loyalty and duty? Or is he someone else entirely? State your position on Peyton and support your answer with rationale.
Essay Topic 2
Bierce uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony.
Essay Topic 3
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE is a classic escape from reality story. What does that classification entail? Why does this story fit into this category?
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