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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 Mrs. Zimmerman say in Chapter Nine after she emerges from the Hanchett's?
2. Who appears in Chapter Nine to help Lewis?
3. What does Uncle Jonathan do when Lewis asks him what his words regarding Hammerhandle meant later in Chapter Seven?
4. Who does Lewis find at the door at night in Chapter Eight?
5. What does Lewis think he sees at the end of Chapter Seven?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lewis do to confront the problem in Chapter Nine? What where does he go?
2. What does Lewis do after he sees his Aunt Mattie in Chapter Eight? What else does he see?
3. In Chapter Seven, Hammerhandle move across the street from Barnvault’s Folly. He is known for his mean temper and for being rumored to be able to tell the future. His name is from the handles he makes for Hammers and other instruments.
4. How do they celebrate Christmas at the Barnavelt’s house in Chapter Eight? How does Lewis feel?
5. How does Tarby react when Lewis tries to talk to him in Chapter Nine? What does Lewis do?
6. Who appears in the basement in Chapter Nine? What are they carrying?
7. What does Lewis see at night in Chapter Seven? What does he think he sees?
8. What does Lewis do after he talks to Tarby in Chapter Nine? What does he decide?
9. What do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis find when they return home in Chapter Six? What do they find inside?
10. Why does Lewis feel sick in the beginning of Chapter Seven? What does he realize he has done?
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
How does Lewis find courage in the novel? Look at his interaction with Tarby in Chapter Nine, as well as two other examples. Consider how outside poems, songs, and other words allow Lewis to find courage. What is the novel saying about where courage comes from? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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