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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 is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18?

2. What word from Part One: “Fog” refers to a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns?

3. What is Parsefall doing when Grisini returns home in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?

4. What word from Part One: “Fog” refers to meat cartilage?

5. What is the name of Cassandra’s childhood friend who looks like one of the women she sees in the mirror in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Parsefall’s impressions of the Wintermute home when he arrives in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?

2. What leads up to the physical confrontation between Lizzie Rose and Grisini in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?

3. Where does Grisini awaken in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 19? What information does Cassandra learn from him?

4. What discovery do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall make in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18? How do they respond to this discovery?

5. What actions does Cassandra consider and commit regarding the dilemma she faces in the Prologue: “Fire”?

6. What encounter takes place between Parsefall and Dr. Wintermute in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 25?

7. What does Parsefall do with Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 23? What are Clara’s impressions of this experience?

8. What causes Dr. Wintermute shame when he talks with his daughter in the end of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 6?

9. What does Parsefall do to intercede in the conflict between Lizzie Rose and Grisini in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?

10. What is Cassandra doing when her character is first introduced in the Prologue: “Fire”? What is her principle concern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What performance is Parsefall trying to learn with the puppets in Part One: “Fog”? Why does he want to learn this performance? How does he learn? What benefit might this have for him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of Kensal Green cemetery in London. When was this cemetery established? How large is it? How is the mausoleum where the Wintermute children are entombed described? Why is Dr. Wintermute told to go there in Part One: “Fog”?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Dr. and Mrs. Wintermute in the narrative. What is the profession of Dr. Wintermute? Where in London do they live? What does Mrs. Wintermute obsess over? How does this obsession affect their daughter?

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