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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. Where do Morpheus and Hob go together?

2. Where do the detectives tell Lyta they found a body?

3. Who meets Rose at the airport?

4. The angels trying to make hell a place of what?

5. Who tells Rose a story about Sleeping Beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Matthew.

2. How does Lord Morpheus change the man's dream?

3. Describe the man's dream at the beginning of the novel?

4. About what does Morpheus talk to Hob?

5. Describe the man's second dream in the prologue.

6. How did the kidnappers get into the house?

7. How do the cat woman and the cyclops help Lyta?

8. Describe Rose's dream.

9. What complaints does Mervyn have about his job?

10. Who are the Three Fates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Gaiman use the character of Lucifer in the story? How is it different to Lucifer's usual role in fiction? How does Gaiman stay true to Lucifer's character in spite of the fact he is using him in an unconventional way?

Essay Topic 2

Compare one of the characters to the person he or she was at the beginning of the book to who he or she is at the end.

1. What did he or she hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes his or her ideas about life?

3. How has his or her character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How is the Dream world different from Earth? How does Gaiman make his fantasy world believable?

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