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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. Of what did Aaron Hatfield speak?

2. Who dreamed of righting the wrongs of the world?

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

4. What did Silas Dement burn down?

5. Who or what did Henry C. Calhoun seek to punish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give three examples of enlightened souls in the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does William Goode justify his aimless wandering?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Epilogue and its role in "Spoon River Anthology".

Essay Topic 2

Explain the importance of Masters's use of point of view in "Spoon River Anthology".

Essay Topic 3

What role does faith play in the lives of Spoon River's residents?

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