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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 Thursday tell her mother when she brings up Landon Park-Laine?

2. Where does Thursday meet Victor and Bowden?

3. What is the division of SpecOps that Thursday works for?

4. When Mycroft's bookworms eat words, what do they give back?

5. A man comes to the window at the stakeout. Who does he say wrote Shakespeare's plays?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Thursday Next.

2. Explain Thursday's relationship with Acheron Hades.

3. What does Thursday's conversation with Victor and Bowden at the hotel bar reveal about Jack Schitt?

4. Why do Victor and Bowden think Thursday is in Swindon?

5. What was Spike doing when he called for help?

6. What does Thursday learn from Rochester in her dream?

7. Who is Snood, and what is his relationship to Thursday?

8. Explain the debate about Sir Francis Bacon and Shakespeare's plays.

9. Why does Thursday's mother want her to call Landon Park-Laine?

10. Who is Felix7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the protagonist and antagonist from The Eyre Affair. How do you know these characters are the protagonist and antagonist? What is the conflict between them? Do any other characters or forces work against the protagonist? If so, who/what? And how?

Essay Topic 2

What is conflict of interest? Explain Thursday's conflict of interest in the Martin Chuzzlewit case. How might her conflict of interest affect her investigation of the case? Does it?

Essay Topic 3

What are the types of characters in a story? Give an example of each. How do you know each of these characters fall into these types?

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