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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 movement does Jane join toward the end of the chapter?

2. What is the name of the American pilot Patricia Shockley meets?

3. In what town do Margaret and Samuel encounter fighting?

4. What is Joseph Porter's occupation?

5. What sort of facility is Christchurch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the most noticeable event happening in "The Encampment"?

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

4. How do Adam and Patricia meet? What is their initial fascination with each other? What ultimately happens in the relationship?

5. What sort of political trouble is brewing at the opening of the chapter?

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

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

8. How does Godefroi go about trying to improve his family's financial situation?

9. How does Obidiah betray his sister?

10. Why does Adam believe that the American rebels will ultimately prevail against the British?

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

Examine the setting of the novel Sarum both in terms of geography and moment in history. How crucial is the setting to the story? Could the story presented by the novel have taken place at any other location or time?

Essay Topic 3

Some of the author's portrayal of English life is based on documented historical fact, and other parts are based on theories and conjecture. Which parts of the novel do you believe are based on "best guesses"? Do you find these portions of the novel any less entertaining than the parts that are closely based on historical fact?

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