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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 is the middle-aged man coming out of at the beginning of the book?

2. Where does Ernest think he should have died?

3. What does the middle-aged man always speak in one breath?

4. Who does Harry's wife run off with?

5. What does Mt. Raynor look at through the classroom window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ernest's routine?

2. How does Mr. Raynor reward Robinson?

3. Why does Smith say he wrote this story?

4. In what way is Ernest a ghost of his former self?

5. Why do Mr. Raynor's pupils no longer bother to sneer at him for his well-known habit of staring at the drapery girls?

6. Why does Raynor want to punish Bullivant?

7. What regrets does Mr. Raynor express at the end of the story?

8. What does Harry think about Kathy's death?

9. How does Kathy die?

10. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the book. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Why was suicide seen as a criminal offense in England? What lead to suicide becoming legalized?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the book?

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