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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 kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?

2. Where does Dr. Crane work on the campus?

3. Why does Mrs. St. Peter scold her husband the morning after the dinner party?

4. How did Outland eat his meat?

5. What does the Professor feel about the seasons in October?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Professor meet Mrs. Crane in his study? Why is this awkward?

2. What happened to the girl from the charity school when the Professor tried to give her flowers? What is the significance of this moment?

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

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

5. Why does Mrs. Crane feel that she is entitled to some of Outland's money?

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

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

8. What is the significance of Louie saying that it is Scott who does not like his dinners?

9. 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?

10. Why is the lake so important to the Professor? What does it have to do with his childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the Professor's memory of himself as a boy affect him? What is the prevailing emotion that takes over?

Essay Topic 2

Did the Professor try to commit suicide?

Essay Topic 3

What memories of Paris stand out for the Professor and why? Why are the memories so painful to him? How can he overcome the pain?

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