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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. Who believed a close friend or relative must speak to God on your behalf if you die having always rejected Him?
(a) Joseph Dixon.
(b) Aaron Hatfield.
(c) James Garber.
(d) Le Roy Goldman.

2. Who enlarged ambrotypes of pioneers?
(a) William H. Herndon.
(b) Rutherford McDowell.
(c) Samuel Gardner.
(d) Davis Matlock.

3. Why did Harlan Sewall repay someone?
(a) For sparing his life.
(b) For healing him.
(c) For giving him goods on credit.
(d) For friendship.

4. How long did Isaiah Beethoven discover he had to live?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Less than one year.

5. Why did Henry C. Calhoun want to avenge?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who abandons the conservative party in favor of the liberal party?

2. What does the person condemned by the church do in retaliation?

3. What did Hiram Scates run for president of?

4. What did Edith Conant lament?

5. What did Jennie M'Grew have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one theme of the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician?

2. How does William Goode justify his aimless wandering?

3. 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?

4. How was Lucinda Matlock able to deal with the deaths of eight of her twelve children?

5. Why is Hog-eyed Allen at the courthouse on the day of the election? What happens to him?

6. What is the explanation given about The Spooniad?

7. What souls are in the section beginning with Zilpha Marsh and ending with Webster Ford?

8. What significance does Flossie have to John Cabanis's departure from the conservative party?

9. How is Father Malloy's epitaph different from the others in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

10. Why does Jefferson Howard challenge the liberal party in the planning meeting?

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