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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. Who does Thursday have a conversation with in a dream that night?

2. Thursday hears a news report on a protest in Chichester. What causes it?

3. Who is Thursday meeting at the play?

4. What company does Jack Schitt work for?

5. Who does Snood appear to be to Thursday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Buckett leave the stakeout?

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

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

4. What is a Will-Speak machine?

5. When the Martin Chuzzlewit manuscript is stolen, what two things does Thursday discover that are strange about the crime scene?

6. Describe the LiteraTecs' office in Swindon.

7. Explain what happens when Thursday's father visits, and why.

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

9. Describe Thursday Next.

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Crimean War. What is/was Thursday's involvement in it? How does she feel about it? How is the Crimean War related to the story of The Eyre Affair?

Essay Topic 2

What is genre? What is the main genre of The Eyre Affair? How do you know? Could The Eyre Affair fall into any other genre(s)? If so, which one(s)? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of literature in the society of The Eyre Affair. Use specific examples from the story to show this role.

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