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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. Where does Smithbeck's informant ask to meet him?
2. What color is the powder that the mystery man in Chapter 8 mixes with water?
3. What does Mephisto call the territory below Central Park?
4. Why is Nick Bitterman going to Belveder Castle?
5. In what bar does Smithback make his phone call in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?
2. What kind of influence do you think a woman like Mrs. Wisher would likely have on the political climate? Does she show that she is willing to use that influence to force matters in the direction she wants them to go? What gives you that indication?
3. What is ironic about using the muse of rhetoric, Polyhymnia, to name an ornate club in Chapter 10? Does its patronage seem to have anything to do with it?
4. When Mephisto gives Smithback the nickname "scriblerian," what does he imply?
5. What about the Museum of Natural History makes its atmosphere àpropos to a book of this genre?
6. What does Pendergast reveal about Hayward? How does Hayward feel about this revelation? How does D'Agosta feel about this revelation?
7. Police work seems to involve a lot of political jostling and brown-nosing. How is that concept illustrated in Chapter 11?
8. Why are the homeless referred to as "moles"?
9. What is the irony in the author's naming the leader of the Route 666 group Mephisto?
10. In Chapter 8, an unknown person develops extra sensitive senses, apparently by ingesting some unknown drug. What do you think is the purpose of this character's in-depth description and failing to tell the reader who he is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Margo went through a terrifying experience only eighteen months before this newest horror comes to light. The book gives the reader some insight into Margo before and after the Museum Beast experience. How has Margo changed, both physically and mentally?
Essay Topic 2
The underground tunnels are a huge part of this story. What kind of mood do the tunnels create? Are they sufficiently creepy for a novel of this genre? Do you think the tunnels and the state of the inhabitants is a statement on the condition of New York City and its inhabitants? Why do you think the author expresses such cynicism through his homeless characters?
Essay Topic 3
Smithback is proud of the good he thinks he has done for the Pamela Wisher murder case. However, important people look at what he has done as meddling. What things has Smithback done to bring the case to the forefront, and why are certain people unhappy with his interference?
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