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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. What kind of tree does Gideon pass as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
2. For what profession does Cutter note Gideon is well suited?
3. What is the name of the legal correspondent for Octavia’s newspaper?
4. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, who is the first to reach him?
5. With which of the following does Chapter XVIII begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Gideon and Cutter arrive in Deal, what is Gideon’s primary concern?
2. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
3. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
4. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, what prompts him to curse obscenely?
5. How does Neuilly convince Octavia of his sincerity and lucidity in the letter he leaves for her?
6. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?
7. Why does Octavia note that she has kept her story from the newspapers?
8. The hostess of the medium performance Octavia attends has money from her husband. What is the source of that money?
9. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
10. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?
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
Similarly, major sectional divisions of a novel, when titled, often speak to the tone of the sections they title. Do the section-titles in the novel serve that function for The House on Vesper Sands? How or how not?
Essay Topic 3
Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of The House on Vesper Sands do so for the present novel? How or how not?
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