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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 Stella show Cora in the church?

2. When Cora and William meet, what do they realize together?

3. What is World's End?

4. What does Francis believe has happened to him during his visit to Colchester?

5. Why does William visit Cracknell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cora state emphatically about her comings and goings to Charles Ambrose while having tea?

2. Whom did Naomi believe to have webbed hands like her own?

3. What did Cora send to William after their first meeting?

4. In the introduction, what was the young man celebrating?

5. What is Luke Garrett's nickname and why?

6. What did Francis insist on doing immediately after the funeral services of Michael Seaborne?

7. What is the Flying Dutchman that Cora and William saw while walking?

8. What did Stella find in Aldwinter that kept her entertained and happy?

9. According to Cracknell, what happened to one of his goats?

10. Luke Garrett was the first person to successfully complete what type of surgery in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cora was intrigued by the natural world. ". . .she called 'her Studies,' as if she were a boy cramming for college" (27). Think about this statement, then write an essay that addresses the implications of the statement regarding women and education. Discuss comparisons to today.

Essay Topic 2

Cora discusses the manner in which she has switched her faith in religion to her faith in science. William questions her, "You think—you really think—that it is one or the other: your faith or your reason?" (127). Consider William's question and write an essay discussing whether religious faith and scientific reason can be combined, or does it have to be one or the other? Provide evidence for your response.

Essay Topic 3

Francis, at the end of the novel, is away at school and writes his mother regularly. Explain the change in his behavior and discuss why the author chose to present him in this manner.

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