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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who zigzagged aimlessly?

2. Whom did Godwin James hate?

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

4. Of what did Aaron Hatfield speak?

5. Who was the Sunday school superintendent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the explanation given about The Spooniad?

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

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

6. What does Lyman King say about Fate?

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

8. What does the alligator rising out of the mud in Arlo Will's epitaph symbolize?

9. 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.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain The Hill and its role in "Spoon River Anthology".

Essay Topic 2

What major events that happened in the town of Spoon River are explained in the epitaphs and the Spooniad?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the theme of spiritual enlightenment in "Spoon River Anthology".

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