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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 Abel say fills his house?

2. What is Pinkerton's real name?

3. What do the sisters give Lyta when she wakes up?

4. What does the girl give Lyta for luck?

5. What are the three fates weaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into what does Delirium transform herself?

2. What information does Matthew get from the other characters on the way to seeing Morpheus?

3. How do Remius and Lucifer show their dislike for each other in this section?

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

5. About what does Morpheus talk to Hob?

6. What is Lyta's history?

7. Describe Rose's dream.

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

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

10. Who is Nuala?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way can The Kindly Ones be called a revenge story? What are the conventions of a normal revenge story and how does Gaiman use these conventions to create a meaning that fits with 90s culture? How does The Kindly Ones differ from usual revenge stories?

Essay Topic 2

How does the story of the ladies' man, his wife and his three children relate to the book's themes? In what way does the story signify the origins of the Furies?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between a novel and a graphic novel in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

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