2. Who was universally derided by the residents of Spoon River?
(a) Zilpha Marsh.
(b) Elijah Browning.
(c) Arlo Will.
(d) Lydia Humphrey.

3. What did Hiram Scates run for president of?
(a) United States of America.
(b) County Board.
(c) School Board.
(d) State Board.

4. Whom did Harlan Sewall repay?
(a) Ippolit Konovaloff.
(b) The unknown one.
(c) Mabel Osborne.
(d) A British soldier.

5. Who ignored Hildrup Tubbs for many years?
(a) Voltaire Johnson.
(b) Granville Calhoun.
(c) E. C. Culbertson.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Harlan Sewall repay someone?

2. Who believed Life is for feasting upon?

3. What did Jennie M'Grew have?

4. What was the name of Lucinda Matlock's husband?

5. To what age did Lucinda Matlock live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the epitaph about the many soldiers different from the other epitaphs in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

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

3. What role does literature play in the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician?

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

5. How did Felix Schmidt lose what little he had in life?

6. 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?

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

8. Compare and contrast the village atheist and John Ballard.

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

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

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