Spoon River Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Spoon River Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the Rev. Lemuel Wiley save from divorce?
(a) The Blisses.
(b) The Pinkertons.
(c) The Wards.
(d) The Crouses.

2. By whom was Dora Williams abandoned?
(a) Robert Southey Burke.
(b) Charles Bliss.
(c) Ruben Pantier.
(d) Fiddler Jones.

3. What happened when Charlie French was hurt by a toy pistol?
(a) His foot had to be removed.
(b) He retaliated by fighting the maker of the toy pistol.
(c) He contracted lock-jaw.
(d) He could no longer use his hand.

4. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?
(a) Edgar Lee Masters.
(b) Carl Sandburg.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) Langston Hughes.

5. With whose beliefs did Jefferson Howard fight valiantly?
(a) His wife's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) Rev. Lemuel Wiley's.
(d) His father's.

6. How did Hod Putt die?
(a) He was robbed and shot.
(b) He was hanged.
(c) He died of consumption.
(d) He killed himself.

7. What did Franklin Jones need one more year to finish?
(a) His collection of poetry.
(b) His plan to escape Spoon River.
(c) Medical school.
(d) His flying machine.

8. What is the name of Ollie McGee's husband?
(a) Fulton.
(b) Harry.
(c) Fletcher.
(d) Chase.

9. Who burned down Nancy Knapp's house?
(a) Pauline Barrett.
(b) Franklin Jones.
(c) Nancy Knapp.
(d) Wendell P. Bloyd.

10. Who stole blankets?
(a) Mrs. Purkapile.
(b) Eugene Carman.
(c) Editor Whedon.
(d) Clarence Fawcett.

11. Where did Doc Hill pour out his love?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) The town.
(d) His career.

12. Who was cut down in his prime due to overwork and anxiety?
(a) Walter Simmons.
(b) Jacob Godbey.
(c) Batterton Dobyns.
(d) Tom Beatty.

13. How did Amanda Barker's husband kill her?
(a) By stabbing her.
(b) By scaring her, causing a heart attack.
(c) By poisoning her.
(d) By impregnating her.

14. Where did Ida Chickens attend lectures?
(a) The Spoon River Public Library.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Chautauqua.

15. How did Pauline Barrett die?
(a) She died from an infection after surgery.
(b) She killed herself.
(c) She died in surgery.
(d) She died because she could not reach the surgeon in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does The Unknown search?

2. Why was Dr. Siegrfied Iseman thrown in jail?

3. Whose sermons were burned as waste paper?

4. What celebrated public figure is buried in an unmarked grave?

5. Where was Russian Sonia from?

(see the answer keys)

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