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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. With which of the following does Chapter XXIV begin?
2. With which of the following does Lux Perpetua begin?
3. What is the name of the porter at Elf’s lodgings in Deal?
4. To which of the following is Angela’s hand compared?
5. What is the name of the legal correspondent for Octavia’s newspaper?
Short Essay Questions
1. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?
2. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
3. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
4. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
5. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
6. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?
7. Why does Octavia note that she has kept her story from the newspapers?
8. 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?
9. What does O’Donnell note as the only historical liberty he knowingly takes (401)?
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
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 2
Who is the second most important character of the novel? How does the novel support such an assertion?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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