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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 does Ralph go?

2. How many men are there on the promenade?

3. Who sees a banshee?

4. What month is it at the beginning of this chapter?

5. What is the date inscribed on the book Lucy is reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relationship between Heloise and Everard's brother?

2. How does Lucy and Ralph's correspondence end? What does Lucy regret?

3. What has happened in history since the previous chapter? How has Ralph fared as a soldier?

4. How do characters age in this chapter?

5. Why does Lucy not write to Ralph?

6. Describe Everard's journey back to Lahardane.

7. What does Lucy make during the wintertime? What is its significance?

8. What changes occur around Lahardane?

9. Who is the main subject of this chapter? Where is he, and what is he doing?

10. Describe Horahan's visit with the Gaults.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on tragedies. Be sure to address:

1) What makes a film, play, or novel a 'tragedy.'

2) Different styles of tragedies, including some well-known examples.

3) What tragedies can teach us, and the messages that they generally convey to audiences.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on parenting, documenting the roles and responsibilities of parents and children. Be sure to address how parenting has changed over time, and how the experience of today's parents is different from those of previous centuries.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the topic of marriage. Be sure to address:

1) How marriage and family has changed over time.

2) The subject of divorce, and legal issues associated with marriage.

3) Advice to those hoping to get married.

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