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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. Which of the following is in the White Triangle?

2. What is the name of the shop in Paris where the Owenses supply themselves with magical accoutrements?

3. What police office arrests Ian Wright?

4. In what area of Boston does Gideon’s mother rent an apartment?

5. In what part of London is the Invisible Library?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vincent’s late beloved answer his question about regretting running away?

2. What ultimately incriminates Ian Wright after his arrest?

3. What is the origin of the Owens Library in the novel?

4. How does Sally’s first husband die?

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

6. What is the significance of the Chocolate Tipsy Cake?

7. What does Ward ask Vincent to do as the latter leaves the Invisible Library?

8. What do the Owenses purchase at the Parisian magic shop?

9. What is the disposition of Jet’s goods after her death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Book of the Raven has in it an inscription from Jet that reads “Everything worthwhile is dangerous” (107). Does the novel bear out the inscription? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

The antagonist of the novel is clear. Who, however, is the principal protagonist of the novel? How does the novel demonstrate as much?

Essay Topic 3

Readerly attention also focuses on the following passage: “Seeing has little to do with opening your eyes; it’s what you feel inside that counts, it’s what you know without anyone telling you [sic]” (36). What in the novel and in experience support the passage? How do they do so?

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