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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. When the cows get near the mesa, what do they do?

2. When Scott gets on the Blue Bird Express, whom does he encounter?

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

4. Who buys all the ancient objects excavated from Cliff City from Blake?

5. What does Outland find when he got inside the mesa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the protocol for men coming in from working on the railroad? What did Rodney Blake do? How did others view his appearance?

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

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

4. When Outland returns to the mesa after Washington, how does he see the sunset?

5. What is the work history of Henry Atkins?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What does Lillian mean when she says, "The Oriental peoples didn't have an Age of Chivalry. They didn't need one?"

Essay Topic 3

What is the Professor's advice to Mrs. Crane? Why does he advise her in the way that he does? Do you think he is concerned with Mrs. Crane or his own family? Why?

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