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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 does Lewis see in Chapter Five as he tries to fall asleep?

2. What does Uncle Jonathan use to create a reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?

3. What does Lewis start doing to prepare for the resurrection in Chapter Four?

4. What does Lewis see when he hears a noise in the hallway in Chapter One?

5. What is written on the back of the playing cards in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lewis’ impression of Uncle Jonathan at the end of the night in Chapter One?

2. What does Lewis hear when he is up reading a book at night in Chapter One? What does he see when he goes to investigate?

3. What does Uncle Jonathan do in Chapter Three to make the moon disappear?

4. What does Tarby say about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four? What does Lewis say to change Tarby’s mind?

5. What does Lewis notice that is weird in the mansion in Chapter Two?

6. What is the second illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan casts in Chapter Four? What happens in it?

7. What happens when the moon disappears in Chapter Three? What does Lewis realize he can hear?

8. What does Lewis say he will do in Chapter Four in an attempt to keep Tarby’s interest? What does he plan with Tarby and how does he carry out this plan?

9. What is Lewis’ new challenge in Chapter Three? Why is he bullied?

10. What does Lewis do when he gets home in Chapter Five? What does he dream about that night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear in horror is usually connected to real fears outside of literature. So modernism and factory working brings the horror of zombies, vampires represents fears of old diseases in old times or selfish people in modern times, and witches, succubi, and other female horror characters represent a fear of women. Research the events of the 1980’s, when the book was written, and write what fears in the current events are represented in the novel. To focus your research, consider specifically the Cold War and the fear of a nuclear threat. Write four pages with at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 2

Light and dark dichotomies are typically used in the Gothic to illustrate good versus evil. How does the novel use this typical color palette to heightened literary effect? Find two examples from the text to support your response. Then look at how the novel uses other colors. What other colors and forms of light does the novel incorporate? How does it create a new palette of the Gothic and why does it do this? Make sure to consider that Barnavelt's Folly has had two recent owners. Use at least four examples in four pages for your overall answer.

Essay Topic 3

The repetition of motifs and symbols has deep roots in the Gothic tradition. What motifs and symbols are in the novel? And what genres of the Gothic are these connected to? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

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