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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. How much did Lillian inherit from her father?

2. Where does Outland put Blake's money that he won in the poker game?

3. When Outland returns from Washington, how long does he stay out on the mesa?

4. How does Henry die?

5. Why is the young Frenchman in Washington at the same time as Outland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Blake's mistake about money in the end?

2. According to the Professor, when did he change from the young Kansas boy to the mature adult?

3. How does Outland's group know that the ancient city had not been attacked by enemies?

4. 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?

5. What does the mesa come to mean for Outland?

6. What is the work history of Henry Atkins?

7. What did Lillian's income mean to the family as the years went by?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Tom Outland larger than life? Describe his dress and manor. Is he too good to be true? Why?

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

How do the sons-in-law play up to both Lillian and the Professor? What do they gain from this behavior?

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