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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. Lorraine asserts that her and Ed practice what religion in "The Enfield Voices"?

2. The author affirms at the end of "Oppression : The Strategy Revealed" that the Amityville case took place during the __________ season.

3. The author states that __________ is to "know by touching" when discussing Charlene's case in "The Entity Returns".

4. In the beginning of "Oppression: The Strategy Revealed," the author states, "__________ essentially means a house is haunted; __________ means that the spirits haunting the house are trying to take over the people living there."

5. In "The Entity Returns" what was the name of the nineteen-year-old girl who performed complicated rituals involving pentagrams, animal blood, and manifesting different personalities ever since she was a little girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the Warrens, what was the effect on human beings who had been through an episode with the demonic spirit?

2. How can true cases of diabolical possession be differentiated from mental illness?

3. Briefly discuss the destruction the demonic entity caused to the Donovan's home.

4. Why were diabolical attacks so dangerous?

5. Briefly discuss Patty Donovan's obsession with the Ouija board.

6. How was the Enfield case different from the Amityville case?

7. What was the prime objective of demonic oppression?

8. What did the term "exorcism" mean? What religions performed exorcisms? What exorcism ritual were most people familiar with?

9. According to Ed, did the demonic spirit always manifest as a black mass? Explain.

10. What were the distinct stages to demoniacal activity? In what order do these stages occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how demonic spirits are represented in "The Demonologist" and explain how this representation carries into the meaning of the work as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the relation between Patty Donovan and the demonic spirit illuminates the meaning of the book "The Demonologist."

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast two of the Warren's cases found within "The Demonologist."

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