View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the group assembled called?

2. Who is Quong Lee?

3. Who does Mina write a status report to?

4. Where does Murray prowl in her disguise?

5. What distinctive characteristics does the torturer have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Albion Reach and when is it due to be completed?

4. How does Quatermain feel about Murray?

5. Describe the environment of this school.

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

7. What was Polly's reaction to the copulation?

8. What has to wait until Hyde calms down and reverts to Jekyll?

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

10. Quatermain is nearly insensate when he is found. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 710 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample