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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. To which of the following is the Grand Cylcops compared?

2. What is the subject of the Shout detailed in Notation 7?

3. What Shout is detailed in Notation 7?

4. What color trouser does Maryse wear to Stone Mountain?

5. In what state does Bisset search for the Angel Oak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What justification for the attack on Frenchy’s does Butcher Clyde cite to his followers?

2. Why does Butcher Clyde note having spared Maryse in Memphis?

3. Why does Maryse consider accepting Butcher Clyde’s offer?

4. What happens when Maryse stabs the Angel Oak?

5. What attire does Chef have that Maryse envies on the approach to Stone Mountain?

6. What does Maryse note is the strangest thing Bisset wears when he first greets her?

7. How does Bisset explain humorism?

8. What are Sadie’s last words?

9. How does Bisset explain hepatoscopy?

10. How does Butcher Clyde defeat Maryse at the attack on Frenchy’s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Maryse makes much of particular folktales in her narration. What effect does the invocation of those folktales have on reading the novel? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than fantasy might Ring Shout be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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