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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. How did a Spoon River resident find God reacted to being cursed?
(a) God killed his wife.
(b) God paid no attention.
(c) God caused a flood.
(d) God killed him.

2. What did Dippold the Optician see eyeglass lenses as a metaphor for?
(a) Faith.
(b) Relationships between spouses.
(c) Truth.
(d) Spiritual understanding.

3. Who wrote an article on the intelligence of plants?
(a) Abel Melveny.
(b) Perry Zoll.
(c) Shack Dye.
(d) Dillard Sissman.

4. Where did Lucinda Matlock's husband see the activity of human life?
(a) In the life of a spider.
(b) In schools of fish.
(c) In a beehive.
(d) In an ant farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hannah Armstrong contact President Lincoln?

2. Who ignored Hildrup Tubbs for many years?

3. To what age did Lucinda Matlock live?

4. Why did Henry C. Calhoun want to avenge?

5. What did Seth Compton build?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are there many references to soldiers and war in the section beginning with Magrady Graham and ending with Mabel Osborne?

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

4. What do many residents seek in the section beginning with William H. Herndon and ending with Alfonzo Churchill?

5. Who killed Tom Merritt? What happened to Mrs. Merritt and her lover after Tom's murder?

6. What is the explanation given about The Spooniad?

7. Compare and contrast Zilpha Marsh and Lydia Humphrey.

8. Compare and contrast E. C. Culbertson and Hildrup Tubbs.

9. Many residents suffered greatly because of bad luck. Give at least one example of such a resident.

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

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