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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 does Outland find in himself on the mesa?

2. Where does Blake lodge?

3. What is Virginia Ward's advice for Outland?

4. How old is the Professor at the end of the novel?

5. What is one of the biggest cattle companies in New Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the Professor thinks about Euripides, he thinks that maybe he lived in a cave because he had observed women so closely all his life. What does the Professor mean by this?

2. What was Blake's hobby? What did he read about?

3. What was Blake's personality like? How did this affect how others viewed him?

4. Are the clerks at the Indian Commission in Washington truly interested in Cliff City?

5. Had Outland lived, what would his life have looked like? Would he have lost his sense of adventure?

6. Why is the Professor so tired after his trip with Rosamond? How does Rosamond take advantage of her father?

7. What does Outland feel a scholar could do that they are unable to do?

8. How did Outland affect the outcome of the Spanish Adventurers' novels?

9. How do Outland and his men keep records as they excavate the ancient Cliff City?

10. How does the mesa "come together" for Outland on his return from Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What two personalities does Tom Outland have? What is the difference between the real Outland and the one in every one's memory?

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