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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 dreamed of righting the wrongs of the world?
(a) Seth Compton.
(b) Oaks Tutt.
(c) Elliot Hawkins.
(d) Abel Melveny.

2. Where did Gustav Richter work long days?
(a) The bank.
(b) The streets.
(c) His hot-houses.
(d) His farm.

3. How did Elizabeth Childers lose a child?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) In a blizzard.
(c) Giving birth to it.
(d) During pregnancy.

4. With what was Webster Ford infatuated?
(a) Oranges.
(b) God.
(c) Judson Stoddard.
(d) Delphic Apollo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what did Lydia Humphrey love?

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

3. Who cursed God?

4. To what age did Lucinda Matlock live?

5. Who believed Life is for feasting upon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Compare and contrast Zilpha Marsh and Lydia Humphrey.

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

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

5. What is the explanation given about The Spooniad?

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

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

8. The section beginning with Magrady Graham and ending with Mabel Osborne contains several stories by residents who are considered enlightened souls. Give at least two examples of these residents.

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

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

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