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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 does Crimond accuse Jean of loving?

2. What is Jenkin drinking when Gerard arrives at his house?

3. What does Tamar begin to question in this section?

4. Why does Crimond want to break up with Jean?

5. What does Crimond tell Jean there is no logic in fearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What have Duncan and Jean promised each other they will try to achieve?

2. Why is Jean happy Duncan has been unfaithful to her?

3. How has Christianity helped Tamar?

4. What are Jean and Duncan keeping from each other?

5. Why have Jean and Duncan left for France?

6. Why does Rose refuse to marry Crimond?

7. Why does Tamar decide to reconcile with her mother?

8. Why does Gerard vow to take care of Rose?

9. What is Crimond's real reason for challenging Duncan to a game of Russian Roulette?

10. What do Gerard and Rose say about Crimond's book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote the Book and the Brotherhood in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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