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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 Uncle Jonathan have on his table in Chapter One?
2. What does Lewis ask Uncle Jonathan to do in Chapter Three?
3. Who was the previous owner of Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two?
4. What happens after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?
5. What does Lewis decide before he goes to bed at the end of Chapter Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the cemetery in relation in New Zebedee as described in Chapter Five? How does Lewis get there?
2. What is Lewis’ impression of Uncle Jonathan at the end of the night in Chapter One?
3. Who previously owned Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two? What were the old owners like?
4. What happens with Lewis and Tarby’s friendship in Chapter Four? How does Lewis feel about this change?
5. 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?
6. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three? Why does this make Lewis afraid?
7. What does Lewis find Mrs. Zimmerman doing in Chapter One when he first sees her? Why does he feel embarrassed at this?
8. What is Uncle Jonathan doing when he walks at night as said in Chapter Two? Why is he doing this?
9. What is strange to Lewis about playing poker in Chapter One?
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
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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