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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. Who does Dupin interview to find out where Murray left?

2. Who accosts Murray as she attempts to rouse Quatermain?

3. What time period does this graphic novel open in?

4. What motto is on the bed?

5. What is Polly's reaction to this?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it easy for Quatermain to be disarmed while he as in Egypt? How is it unlikely that such a reason would exist now?

2. Why does Murray go off with the doctor?

3. Why does Murray dress up as a demi-monde?

4. Campion Bond works for a mysterious man. Who is he and how is he referred to?

5. What suggests that Jekyll is very heavily sedated?

6. How is the invisible man revealed as not being a "holy spirit?"

7. What is the problem with Quong Lee's offer of help?

8. Why is it likely that Quong Lee speaks in parables?

9. Why is the British Government concerned with the scientists' creation?

10. What do Mina, Quatermain and Nemo witness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the flirtatious nature of Rosa Coote. How would this be unacceptable in a school administrator? Why is this the case? What factors would be considered taboo, if not criminal?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Allan's developing friendship with Nemo. In what ways would the two characters identify with each other more than with any other character? How are they different? How does Allan confide in Nemo, and what is the Captains reaction to this information?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the time frame of the novel. What inconsistencies are offered here but that the reader is supposed to accept? How do these kinds of things appear to be commonplace in the novel? How would people react in reality to these things?

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