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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. What do the beggar lords sit in at Horrabin's Hall?

2. Doyle is hired as an expert of which poet?

3. Who would Doyle rather have lunch with than Dog Face Joe?

4. Doyle works for ________ at the inn.

5. What is the first time-specific thing Doyle sees after the time jump?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jacky react to Doyle's revelation that he traveled to England by magic?

2. What happens when Doyle is shot?

3. Describe Ahmed the Hindoo.

4. What happens after Doyle pays a beggar to take him to Horrabin?

5. Describe Dumb Tom.

6. What happens to Fairchild when Doyle first arrives at the beggar's house?

7. What sort of questions does Darrow ask Doyle during Doyle's interview?

8. What happens when the time tourists arrive at the lecture?

9. Describe Horrabin.

10. What is unique about Romany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would a character from The Anubis Gate other than Doyle have made a better protagonist? Explain how your choice of character would have handled key scenes differently. What makes your choice of character better?

Essay Topic 2

Jacky helps Doyle before she officially meets him. Why does she protect him instead of claiming a reward? Do any other characters mirror her behavior? Describe Jacky's ethics. Cite examples.

Essay Topic 3

Romany is a changed man after he is marooned in 1684. Is the Romany known as the Luck of the Surrey-side beggars crazy? Is he eccentric? Does the gunshot change him, or does his determination for revenge? What is his character's chief purpose as the Luck?

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