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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Archibald Higbie move to?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.
2. What stands on the lot where James Garber walked to work every day?
(a) The Spoon River Library.
(b) The Spoon River Elementary School.
(c) The Spoon River Courthouse.
(d) The Spoon River Opera House.
3. What is the relationship between John Cabanis and the person who returns to Spoon River in The Spooniad?
(a) Father-daughter.
(b) Brother-sister.
(c) Childhood friends.
(d) Cousins.
4. Where did Lucinda Matlock's husband see the activity of human life?
(a) In schools of fish.
(b) In a beehive.
(c) In an ant farm.
(d) In the life of a spider.
5. What did Alfonzo Churchill find in his studies?
(a) Truth.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Spiritual enlightenment.
(d) Knowledge.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is condemned by the church?
2. What plant did Calvin Campbell wonder about?
3. What did William H. Herndon see in his memory?
4. Where did Aaron Hatfield speak?
5. Who stirred "vibrations" in Spoon River?
Short Essay Questions
1. Herman Altman and Columbus Cheney introduce the idea of reincarnation to the Anthology. Does this fit in with the Anthology's theme of spiritual evolution? If so, how? If not, why not?
2. What significance does Flossie have to John Cabanis's departure from the conservative party?
3. What is one theme of the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician?
4. Compare and contrast E. C. Culbertson and Hildrup Tubbs.
5. How is the epitaph about the many soldiers different from the other epitaphs in the "Spoon River Anthology"?
6. What is one theme in the section beginning with William H. Herndon and ending with Alfonzo Churchill?
7. Why is Hog-eyed Allen at the courthouse on the day of the election? What happens to him?
8. Many residents suffered greatly because of bad luck. Give at least one example of such a resident.
9. How was Lucinda Matlock able to deal with the deaths of eight of her twelve children?
10. How is Father Malloy's epitaph different from the others in the "Spoon River Anthology"?
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