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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 does Parsefall give to Lizzie Rose in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 41?

2. What does Cassandra tempt Clara with in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 31?

3. When Parsefall awakens from his nightmare in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 45, he vows to steal the phoenix-stone so that he can use it to do what?

4. How much time passes before Lizzie Rose and Parsefall meet Cassandra, according to the narrator in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32?

5. What items that Lizzie Rose inherited from her mother does she fetch from her bag of belongings in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cassandra’s condition described in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 49?

2. What gift does Parsefall choose from Cassandra’s table in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 35?

3. What is the outcome of the narrative for Cassandra in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 51?

4. What does Clara ask of her parents in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50? How do they respond?

5. What items does Lizzie Rose find in Strachan’s Ghyll to claim as presents in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 34?

6. What takes place in the climax of the novel in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46?

7. Who arrives to visit Dr. Wintermute in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48? What item does this character bring with her?

8. What exchange takes place between Clara and Cassandra in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 31?

9. How is the meeting of Lizzie Rose, Parsefall, and Cassandra described in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32?

10. How is the arrival of Lizzie Rose and Parsefall at Strachan’s Ghyll described in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Cassandra allow the children to take anything they want from her home in Part Two: “Ice”? What does this prove to the children? What is the real motive behind this action?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Cassandra want Parsefall to remember how cruel Grisini was to him? What did Grisini do to Parsefall? How does Parsefall react to the memory of this cruelty? Is it the reaction Cassandra wanted?

Essay Topic 3

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”?

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