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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. In what church does Gideon pass his first night in London?
2. Which field does Gideon study at Cambridge?
3. At what number is Neuilly’s dwelling?
4. At what time does Esther Tull arrive at the Strythe house?
5. Which of the following books is found in Esther Tull’s former residence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What threat does Octavia’s editor levy at her when she confronts him in his club?
2. For what reasons is Gideon anxious to meet with his uncle in his dwellings?
3. For what does Angela note the mudlarks root?
4. What reasons does Gideon cite for hastening to answer his uncle’s summons?
5. How is Gideon turned out of the church where he spends his first night in London?
6. What sounds does Esther Tull note associate with the safe in Strythe’s workroom?
7. What reason for pride does Esther Tull have in her self-stitching?
8. How does Cutter describe his landlady’s cooking (133)?
9. In their first tutoring session, how does Gideon offend Angela?
10. When Octavia encounters Elf at Ashenden House, what account of his travels does he offer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does the novel bear as much out?
Essay Topic 2
What attitude does the novel display towards romantic love? What in the novel effects that display, and how does it do so?
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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