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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. To which of the following does Cutter compare Gideon?
2. What kind of cloud does Ada point out to Angela?
3. What weapon does Cutter ready as he and Gideon pursue Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
4. In what month does Lux Perpetua take place?
5. To which of the following does Gideon compare Gutter as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
2. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, what prompts him to curse obscenely?
3. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
4. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
5. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
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. The hostess of the medium performance Octavia attends has money from her husband. What is the source of that money?
9. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?
10. What circumstances make it appear Strythe died in London?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sources attest to the presence of The House on Vesper Sands on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
What is the point of broadest contrast between the city where you live—as determined by your postal address—and the primary setting of the novel? How does that point contrast, based on experience and the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Overall, what is the most important theme of The House on Vesper Sands. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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