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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. How old is the girl whose photograph Octavia views first?
2. Who greets Gideon and Cutter on their arrival at the house on Vesper Sands?
3. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, who is the first to reach him?
4. Over which of the following instruments does Gideon trip at the house on Vesper Sands?
5. With which of the following does Chapter XXV begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?
2. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
3. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
4. What does O’Donnell note as the only historical liberty he knowingly takes (401)?
5. As Gideon and Cutter arrive in Deal, what is Gideon’s primary concern?
6. What pattern do Octavia and Elf note in the disappearances of young women associated with the Spiriters?
7. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
8. What circumstances make it appear Strythe died in London?
9. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
10. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
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 protagonist of the novel? How does the novel support such an assertion?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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