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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 does Margaret gather to fight Lockland’s curse?

2. Which of the following accompanies the girl whose spirit Gillian sees en route to Thornfield?

3. Which of the following, boiled, reportedly allows people to see spirits?

4. With which of the following does Part Four, Chapter III begin?

5. Whom of the following calls in sick after a fight with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the lesson Sally and Gillian take from their experiences (377)?

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

4. What is on the menu at the inn in Thornfield when Lockland’s curse takes hold (313)?

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

6. Why are the more distant Owens relations disappointed in Ian?

7. What does the Owens, who cast the curse on the family, note must be done to lift the curse?

8. What does Lockland claim is the purpose of magic (257)?

9. What reasons does Ian have, publicly and privately, for quartering the Owenses in an inn in Thornfield?

10. What ingredients are in Franny’s cure for drunkenness (292)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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