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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 is Mrs. Crane's brother?

2. Where did the Professor grow up?

3. What has the Professor just done at the opening of the novel?

4. What did the Professor give to a passing girl from a charity school that got her in trouble?

5. What was Outland carrying when he first met the Professor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the professor's answer to Scott when he expresses concern about Louie naming his new home "Outland"?

2. Describe the dress forms as characters seen by the Professor.

3. What financial offer does Rosamond offer her father? Why is the Professor uncomfortable with the offer?

4. How does the rivalry between Scott and Louie play out with Louie's entrance to Arts and Letters?

5. Describe the garden at the Professor's former house. Why is this unusual?

6. What kind of relationship does the Professor have with Augusta?

7. Why does it surprise the Professor that his daughter, Kathleen, does not find herself remarkable? Does he feel that she has wasted her life? How?

8. What does the Professor mean when he tells his wife that they should have never gotten older? How does Lillian respond?

9. Would Lillian have been happy with Tom Outland as her son-in-law? Why?

10. What does the Professor remember most about his time in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the signs of wealth and class described in the novel. How are wealth and class viewed by the characters in the novel? What do you think is the prevailing attitude?

Essay Topic 2

Do the Professor and Lillian still love each other? Explain and support your argument with examples from the text.,

Essay Topic 3

Had Outland lived, how would the Professor's life be different? Would it be better or worse?

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