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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 happens to Blake after he tells Outland about selling the objects from Cliff City?

2. When the Professor's family leaves on their trip abroad, what does the Professor do?

3. What kind of bedroom set does Rosamond want for her country house?

4. Whom does Outland not trust as he watches over Blake the night he meets him?

5. Whom is the Professor named after?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the invaders like in ancient times?

3. As the story shifts to Tom Outland's story, who is the narrator? How does this affect the story?

4. What does Outland think about after he finds Cliff City?

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

6. Why do the cattle bolt from the mesa? What causes them to do this?

7. How does Outland react when he hears that Blake has sold the ancient objects from the ruins?

8. How does the Professor justify not going to Europe with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law? What is the real reason for not going?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did the Professor try to commit suicide?

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

Why did the Father believe the cliff dwellers were super-human? Give examples from the novel to support Father Duchêne's beliefs.

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