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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. Obidiah accuses Margaret of __________.

2. To whom is Porteus married?

3. In what year does "The Unrest" open?

4. What movement does Jane join toward the end of the chapter?

5. In what year does "The Encampment" open?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Journey From Sarum," what major changes have occurred for John and Robert Wilson?

2. Ultimately, what effect do Jane's efforts have on Jethro Wilson and his children?

3. Why does a visit from Canon Nicodemus result in Ralph staying at the doctor's house?

4. How do many English people feel about the American soldiers?

5. Despite success in their business deal, what sort of scandal erupts from Edward bringing Fleming to England?

6. How do labor troubles lead to many convicts from Sarum being sent to Australia?

7. How does Ralph lose his position at the school?

8. How did Peter Wilson go from being a smuggler to a sailor in the British Navy?

9. What fortuitous event leads to Adam's marriage and relocation to America?

10. Why does Will go to the cathedral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrator's use of language in the novel Sarum. Is the language elevated to the poetic or is it the everyday language of people of Sarum in their various times in history? Do you find it equally easy to understand characters' language regardless of their time in history?

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the major themes of the novel Sarum and build an argument stating that one specific theme was the most powerful force in shaping lives over the course of the centuries.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the point of view in the novel Sarum. Does the story come from a single narrator or multiple narrators? Does the point of view remain the same throughout the novel, or does it change, and what effect does this have on the story?

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