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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. Where is the play that Thursday receives tickets for?

2. What is the job of SO-5?

3. What does SO-17 deal with?

4. Who is Colonel Phelps?

5. How did Jim Crometty die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Spike need help?

2. Who is Jack Schitt, and what does he talk to Thursday about at the cemetery?

3. What is unusual about the performance of Richard III that Thursday goes to with Landon?

4. Why does Buckett leave the stakeout?

5. Who is Colonel Phelps, and why is he headed to Swindon?

6. When Thursday goes to Haworth House with Uncle Mycroft and Aunt Polly as a child, a tourist complains about the ending of Jane Eyre. According to the tourist, what is the ending of the story, and why doesn't he like it?

7. Who is Felix7?

8. Describe Uncle Mycroft's workshop.

9. Why does Acheron Hades threaten to burn a copy of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" in order to get Uncle Mycroft to cooperate?

10. What is a Will-Speak machine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is tone? What is the overall tone of The Eyre Affair? How do you know? Use specific examples from the story to support your claim. Does the tone of The Eyre Affair change throughout the story? If so, give an example.

Essay Topic 2

What is a motif? Choose a motif from The Eyre Affair and explain it. How is this motif threaded throughout the story?

Essay Topic 3

In The Eyre Affair, Mr. Briggs stops two weddings. Whose weddings does he stop? Compare and contrast each wedding.

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