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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 Kylie name her cat?

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

3. In what month does Sally wed for the third time?

4. What is the name of the library in Thornfield?

5. What magical ingredient do the Owenses find in Lockland’s home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Antonia dreams of Jet while abed with Ariel; what does Jet say to her in the dream?

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

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

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

5. How does Lockland escape Sally?

6. What recipe does Margaret give Gillian?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The most important theme of the novel, love, is clear. What is the second-most-important theme of The Book of Magic. What in the text indicates as much? How does it 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

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?

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