View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said that love is to find your own soul through the soul of another?
(a) Ida Chickens.
(b) Amelia Garrick.
(c) Mary McNeely.
(d) Elsa Wertman.

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

3. Who was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins?
(a) Lilian Stewart.
(b) Rosie Roberts.
(c) Hortense Robbins.
(d) Mrs. Bandle.

4. Where does The Unknown search?
(a) Earth.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The Hill.
(d) Hades.

5. Whose boat never left harbor?
(a) Barney Hainsfeather.
(b) George Gray.
(c) Griffy the Cooper.
(d) Herbert Marshal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Ida Chickens study?

2. What was Searcy Foote's murder weapon?

3. Who took Nellie Clark's innocence?

4. Who drove Georgina Sand Miner from home?

5. What hit Johnnie Sayre?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Nicholas Bindle be considered foolish? Why can he be considered heroic?

2. What tone does The Hill set at the beginning of "Spoon River Anthology"? How do you know?

3. Explain the relationship between Roscoe and Mrs. Purkapile.

4. What are the types of people included in the section beginning with Fiddler Jones and ending with Mrs. George Reece? Give one example of each.

5. How are the one-life minded souls like the fools in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

6. Explain the relationship between Mrs. George Reece and Alexander Pope.

7. What is a common theme in the residents of the section beginning with John Cabanis and ending with Searcy Foote? Give an example.

8. Did Searcy Foote feel justified in killing his aunt with chloroform? Why?

9. Explain the relationship between Harmon Whitney and the other residents of Spoon River. Why did this relationship exist?

10. Is there a hero in the section beginning with Rev. Lemuel Wiley and ending with Anthony Findlay? If so, who and why? If not, why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 689 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample