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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 does Elf note is Cutter’s given name?
3. Octavia attends the performance of which of the following mediums?
4. In what month does Lux Perpetua take place?
5. Which of the following actors is referenced during the medium performance Octavia attends?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
2. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
3. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?
4. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
5. What circumstances make it appear Strythe died in London?
6. How does Neuilly convince Octavia of his sincerity and lucidity in the letter he leaves for her?
7. What does O’Donnell note as the only historical liberty he knowingly takes (401)?
8. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
9. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
10. What pattern do Octavia and Elf note in the disappearances of young women associated with the Spiriters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Readerly attention focuses on the final passage of Kyrie, in which it is revealed that Esther Tull has stitched into her own skin the following:
“MY SOUL DOTH
MAGNIFY
THE LORD” (108).
What about the passage justifies the readerly attention, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Readerly attention focuses itself on the comment that “Lady Ashenden is giving the ball [that has distracted Parliament] to honour Lord Strythe, the Early of Maundley” (52). What about the comment justifies the readerly attention, and how does it do so?
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