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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 does the taxi drive in Thornfield keep on hand to discourage fare-skipping?

2. What does Ariel note as her preferred swimming event?

3. Which of the following does Margaret gather to fight Lockland’s curse?

4. Which of the following woods does Lockland burn as he and Kylie attempt to open The Book of the Raven?

5. Of which of the following do Ariel’s sheets smell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are shades defined in the novel?

2. What punishment does the novel note for molesting the trees noted in the Domesday Book?

3. What symptoms does Kylie display from Lockland’s curse?

4. What recipe does Margaret give Gillian?

5. What reasons are given for Ariel’s choice of scent?

6. Whence comes the town library in Thornfield?

7. How does The Book of the Raven note a curse must be broken?

8. What early evidence of precocity does Antonia’s son show?

9. What rites are needed to join the Society of the Horseman’s Grip and Word?

10. How does Vincent attempt to summon the ghost of his late beloved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many excellent early American women poets: Bradstreet, Wheatley, Rowson, and Warren, among others. What purpose is served by the focus of the novel on the poetry of Dickinson? How is it served?

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

How does the novel define magic? What in the novel supports the definition? How does it do so?

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