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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 does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis in Chapter Two that magic works?
2. What do Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman think about how Lewis acts in Chapter Four?
3. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis about himself and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Two?
4. What does Lewis dream of at the end of Chapter Five?
5. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lewis find Mrs. Zimmerman doing in Chapter One when he first sees her? Why does he feel embarrassed at this?
2. What is Uncle Jonathan doing when he walks at night as said in Chapter Two? Why is he doing this?
3. 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?
4. What happens when the moon disappears in Chapter Three? What does Lewis realize he can hear?
5. What is the second illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan casts in Chapter Four? What happens in it?
6. What is Lewis’ impression of Uncle Jonathan at the end of the night in Chapter One?
7. Where is the cemetery in relation in New Zebedee as described in Chapter Five? How does Lewis get there?
8. What is the first illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan pulls up in Chapter Four? What happens in it?
9. What does Lewis do when he gets home in Chapter Five? What does he dream about that night?
10. How do Lewis and Tarby become friends in Chapter Three? What does Lewis want to do for Tarby?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The American Gothic’s connection to nature is usually one of fear. What representation of nature is found in the novel? How is magic connected to nature and vice versa? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning of the novel, Uncle Jonathan says that magic works by using “solid everyday objects” (41). What does the novel show as the connection between the ordinary, or the everyday, and the magical, or the extraordinary? Write four pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 3
When Lewis first learns of magic, he tries to use logic to think it through, but then decides that logic does not apply (42). Explore the novel’s connection between the magical and the logical. How are they connected? How are they separate? How does magic vary in its connection to logic? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
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