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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. In what month does Lux Perpetua take place?
2. To which of the following does Gideon compare Gutter as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
3. Near which of the following stations are Octavia and Elf forced to wait?
4. In which of the following does O’Donnell live?
5. Who greets Gideon and Cutter on their arrival at the house on Vesper Sands?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
2. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?
3. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
4. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?
5. 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?
6. Why does Octavia note that she has kept her story from the newspapers?
7. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
8. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, what prompts him to curse obscenely?
9. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
10. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel takes place in 1893. What significance accrues to the year, and how does the novel interact with the real-world significance of that year?
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
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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