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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. Which supposed spirit is the first to appear in the medium performance Octavia attends?
2. To which of the following does Cutter compare Gideon?
3. Which supposed spirit is the last to appear in the medium performance Octavia attends?
4. Where was the opal of which Gideon is reminded mined?
5. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, who is the first to reach him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does O’Donnell note as the only historical liberty he knowingly takes (401)?
2. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
3. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
4. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
5. How does Elf determine that Cutter is an independent agent?
6. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
7. When confronted with the information Neuilly leaves for her in Deal, Octavia cites a familiar feeling: tenderness and anger mixed. From what is it familiar to her?
8. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
9. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?
10. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel displays a decided attitude toward formal study. What is that attitude, what in the text shows it up, and how does the text show it?
Essay Topic 2
Assuming that The House on Vesper Sands should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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