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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. How is Lewis’ new room furnished as said in Chapter One?
2. What does Lewis draw in Chapter Five for the resurrection?
3. Who does Lewis see on deck of the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?
4. What name does Lewis write in the pentagram in Chapter Five?
5. What does Lewis start doing to prepare for the resurrection in Chapter Four?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Uncle Jonathan have so many clocks as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two? How does this relate to the previous owners of the mansion?
2. What is the first illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan pulls up in Chapter Four? What happens in it?
3. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three? Why does this make Lewis afraid?
4. What does Lewis find Mrs. Zimmerman doing in Chapter One when he first sees her? Why does he feel embarrassed at this?
5. What does Lewis do for the three weeks he has before school starts in Chapter Two? Why does he like doing this?
6. What happens when Uncle Jonathan hears a clock when he picks Jonathan up in Chapter One? What does Lewis observe about Jonathan when he is walking with him to the mansion?
7. 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?
8. What happens when Lewis completes the spell in Chapter Five? What do he and Tarby do?
9. How does Uncle Jonathan explain to Lewis that magic works in Chapter Two? How is this different than Lewis’ previous idea?
10. What does Lewis do to resurrect the dead in Chapter Five? What does he have to do to complete the spell and how does he do this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If the Gothic is an evocation of fear, then what fear is being shown in the novel? Connect this to what form, or forms, of Gothic genres are present in this fear. Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 2
Lewis evolves from the beginning to the end of the novel. Characterize his evolution using examples from the novel. Then answer the question: What does Lewis’ character change show as the message of the novel? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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