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

2. Who zigzagged aimlessly?
(a) William Jones.
(b) J. Milton Miles.
(c) Scholfield Hurley.
(d) William Goode.

3. What does the person condemned by the church do in retaliation?
(a) Burn the church down.
(b) Burn the courthouse down.
(c) Leave town.
(d) Throw a dance.

4. Who was the laughing stock of Spoon River?
(a) J. Milton Miles.
(b) Immanuel Ehrenhardt.
(c) Tennessee Claflin Slope.
(d) Scholfield Hurley.

5. Who or what did Henry C. Calhoun seek to punish?
(a) Judge Somers.
(b) Dippold the Optician.
(c) Spoon River.
(d) The jury who convicted him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did Mabel Osborne see her life?

2. How did Elizabeth Childers lose a child?

3. Who believed a close friend or relative must speak to God on your behalf if you die having always rejected Him?

4. What did Alfonzo Churchill find in his studies?

5. Who wrote an article on the intelligence of plants?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might it be important to treat your friends and family well, according to Le Roy Goldman?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is one theme in the section beginning with William H. Herndon and ending with Alfonzo Churchill?

10. 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?

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