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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. At which desk does Jet perceive her coming death?

2. Which of the following roles does Hardwick play?

3. With which of the following does Part Two, Chapter III begin?

4. Which of the following does Antonia eat in Ariel’s office?

5. With which of the following does Part Three, Chapter III begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vincent mourn his lost beloved?

2. Why do the Owenses draw straws to see who will approach Wright?

3. What are the sections of The Book of the Raven (130)?

4. Explicate the irony in Lockland’s comments that the people of Thornfield do not know what to think about people like him?

5. What indication does Franny receive from Vincent that he wants to reconnect?

6. What is the first working Kylie performs from The Book of the Raven?

7. How does the novel note left-hand paths begin (132)?

8. What is the condition of Lockland’s ancestral estate?

9. What reason does Jet posit for having been a voracious reader as a girl?

10. In the novel, what resonances are noted for the date of Jet’s death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the central discourse of the novel? That is, what is the main point the novel makes—not its theme, as such, but its main message? How does the novel bear out that discourse? What makes it the major point made in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the names of the formal divisions of the novel. What significance accrues to them? How does that significance present itself? What purpose is served by that significance? How is it served?

Essay Topic 3

What is the novel’s overall attitude towards religion? How does that attitude manifest in the book?

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