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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 is fighting in the Crimean War?

2. When Thursday returns to her hotel after helping Spike, what is waiting for her?

3. Why is Haworth House famous?

4. What does Thursday do when she sees something unusual as she's driving from the airport?

5. What appears in Thursday's hospital room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the LiteraTecs' office in Swindon.

2. 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?

3. What is the Goliath Corporation?

4. Who is Pickwick, and what is his relationship with Thursday?

5. Explain Thursday's relationship with Acheron Hades.

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Acheron Hades use the Martin Chuzzlewit manuscript in the Prose Portal instead of a copy of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast Acheron Hades and Jack Schitt, and explain each character's relationship to Thursday Next.

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