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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. According to Part Two, Chapter 25, what is the next part of Paul’s story?

2. What injury does Hedges have when he gives Rossi the message?

3. What does the narrator resolve to do about Rossi’s story after the tour in France?

4. What is the Radcliffe Camera?

5. When did Vlad the Impaler rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Paul concerned about Helen in Part One, Chapter 23? How does she reassure him?

2. What is mysterious about the green book that is in Paul’s possession, according to Part One, Chapter 2?

3. Why does Rossi go to America? What does he learn there?

4. Why was Hedges attacked?

5. Describe the narrator at the beginning of the events of the story.

6. Explain what happened to Hedges when he was attacked in Part One, Chapter 12.

7. What do Helen and Paul learn from the grubby male librarian when they confront him?

8. Explain Rossi’s travels as described in his letter in Part One, Chapter 9.

9. Why is Barley angry with the narrator when she leaves Amsterdam in Part Two, Chapter 25?

10. Explain what happened at the monastery in France that Paul and the narrator visited.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between Paul and Rossi in the story. How does their relationship impact the story? How does their relationship end?

Essay Topic 2

Define epilogues. How are they used in literature? Explain how the epilogue of The Historian impacts the story. What is revealed in the Epilogue? How would the story be different without it?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Paul’s disappearance with Rossi’s disappearance. How are they alike? How are they different? How does each disappearance impact the narrator?

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