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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 type of tree is the oldest noted in the forest near Thornfield?
2. At which of the following does Ian arrange for the Owenses to be quartered in Thornfield?
3. Which of the following woods does Lockland burn as he and Kylie attempt to open The Book of the Raven?
4. With which of the following does Part Four, Chapter I begin?
5. Which of the following epithets had attached itself to Franny in her youth?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does The Book of the Raven note a curse must be broken?
2. What tradition is noted for hikers in Thornfield?
3. What symptoms does Kylie display from Lockland’s curse?
4. What herbs and spices does Sally include in her pie crust?
5. What recipe does Margaret give Gillian?
6. What ingredients are in Franny’s cure for drunkenness (292)?
7. What punishment does the novel note for molesting the trees noted in the Domesday Book?
8. Whence comes the town library in Thornfield?
9. How does Lockland escape Sally?
10. What reasons does Ian have, publicly and privately, for quartering the Owenses in an inn in Thornfield?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Readerly attention focuses on the following passage: “Franny understood this was how loss began. She had been here before, but then, like anyone else, she had forgotten this is what happened, that things ended when you least expected them to, that you could not protect those you loved from nature and fate” (18). What in the novel and in experience support the passage? How do they do so?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the novel’s preoccupation with Shakespeare, not only in the main text, but also in the back matter. What effect does that preoccupation have on the readers, and how is that effect achieved?
Essay Topic 3
As a book in a series, The Book of Magic necessarily relies on earlier information to make itself make sense. What information is missing from the present novel that would clarify it? How do you know?
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