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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 used to sit in the garden in the summer evenings and talk with the Professor?
2. Why does Mrs. St. Peter scold her husband the morning after the dinner party?
3. What does Scott write?
4. What kind of hat was Outland wearing when he first met the Professor?
5. What does Rosamond want to build for her father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the garden at the Professor's former house. Why is this unusual?
2. What is the professor's answer to Scott when he expresses concern about Louie naming his new home "Outland"?
3. When the Professor sees Rosamond outside Kathleen's house, what does he see on her face?
4. What is the significance of Louie saying that it is Scott who does not like his dinners?
5. Why does Mrs. Crane feel that she is entitled to some of Outland's money?
6. What does Mrs. Crane mean when she says, "There are some things the law doesn't cover?" How much did Crane help Outland?
7. How does the Professor feel about Lillian's relationships with her sons-in-law?
8. Why does the Professor discuss the Cranes with his daughter Rosamond? What is going on between the Cranes and Louie? How does the mention of this name get Rosamond to leve him alone?
9. What does the Professor remember most about his time in Paris?
10. How does the rivalry between Scott and Louie play out with Louie's entrance to Arts and Letters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the sons-in-law play up to both Lillian and the Professor? What do they gain from this behavior?
Essay Topic 2
What two personalities does Tom Outland have? What is the difference between the real Outland and the one in every one's memory?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of travel in the novel to all? What is the value that is received from traveling? What does it mean to each character? Is it a way to make memories or collect objects?
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