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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. The Pre-Langley collection is most commonly known as what in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"?

2. Who is planning a wedding in "Unwell"?

3. Who announces that he intends to go see Leonard at the museum in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"?

4. Who lost his wife to breast cancer four years earlier in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"?

5. Who stabs Martin Kobel in the library in "The Therapist"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arlette "steal" Yvonne's first husband in "Unwell"?

2. How does the author introduce the cult in "The Cult Of The Nose"?

3. How are Rex Fisch and his peers described in "Stories"?

4. What bizarre events take place in the beginning of "Parallel Lines"?

5. How does Lief attempt to return to the planet in "Leif In The Wind"?

6. How do Dr. Kobel and Annabelle first meet in "The Therapist"?

7. How does the cycle of fictions begin in "A Life in Fictions"?

8. What does Dr. Kobel do when Annabelle answers her door in "The Therapist"?

9. How did Yvonne meet her future husband in "Unwell"? What does Arlette discover about him?

10. Where does Quirinus go after committing murder in "The Devil On The Staircase"? Who does he meet there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the themes and imagery in "Weights and Measures." What is symbolic about the dollhouse in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Deel and Mary Lou in "The Stars are Falling." What has happened to the relationship between these characters?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the vampire imagery in "Blood" and "Juvenal Nyx." How do the tones of each of these stories relate? What themes appear in the stories?

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