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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 nursery rhyme does Angela recite when she flees from the house on Vesper Sands?
2. What kind of tree does Gideon pass as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
3. To which of the following is Angela’s hand compared?
4. With which of the following does Chapter XVII begin?
5. With which of the following is Gideon provided as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?
2. As Gideon and Cutter arrive in Deal, what is Gideon’s primary concern?
3. 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?
4. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
5. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
6. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
7. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
8. How does Neuilly convince Octavia of his sincerity and lucidity in the letter he leaves for her?
9. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
10. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in The House on Vesper Sands? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?
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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