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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 other inspector does Cutter encounter at his preferred dinner establishment?
2. What is the name of Neuilly’s landlady?
3. The phrase “you may be sure of opening an oyster or two” offers an example of which of the following?
4. What is the name of Esther Tull’s elder sister?
5. For which newspaper does Octavia work?
Short Essay Questions
1. What comments does Cutter have about Gideon’s notetaking?
2. What lunch does Octavia prepare for herself after her fruitless pursuit of information about Strythe and his travels?
3. Why does Esther Tull note feeling called to prayer?
4. How does Octavia’s editor initially attempt to alter his agreement with her?
5. How is Gideon turned out of the church where he spends his first night in London?
6. What does Neuilly initially note to Gideon as the focus of his ministry?
7. Why is Gideon commended to the care of the groundskeeper at his boyhood school?
8. When Carew answers the door for Cutter and Gideon at Strythe’s London house, to what does Cutter mockingly ascribe his slowness in doing so?
9. What reason is given for Cutter’s threat to charge Carew with destruction of evidence?
10. What explanation is given for calling Gideon’s uncle “Old Nelly” (31)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what genre other than mystery might The House on Vesper Sands be considered to belong? What in the text supports that genre-identification, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Who is the second most important character of the novel? How does the novel support such an assertion?
Essay Topic 3
Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in The House on Vesper Sands? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?
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