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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 technique of remembering is successful for the Duke?

2. What does Fanny Adelaide do for a living?

3. What do the gamekeeper's niece and nephew ride when they visit?

4. What is the name of one of the Duke's dogs?

5. How many tunnels were built?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Duke's employees that add information in "From His Graces Journal to Mr. Bowen's Account?"

2. How is the Duke's imagination revealed with the soap bubbles in the laundry room sink?

3. Why does it seem that Mr. Bird does not mind the Duke's eccentricities?

4. What does the Duke think about trying the beef essence?

5. What information do the accounts of Mr. Grimshaw and Bowen provide the reader?

6. Why does the Duke think he must escape his estate quickly?

7. What does Dr. Cox think about the Duke?

8. What does the Duke say about his grooming regime?

9. Based on the scene in the laundry room, how does Mrs. Pladger feel about the Duke?

10. How does the Duke get around in his underground tunnel system?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The underground tunnel system is one of the many eccentric actions of the Duke. Discuss the building of these tunnels and analyze the role they serve in this story. For example, are they a representation of anything, and do they tell the reader anything about the Duke?

Essay Topic 2

The Duke clearly has an interesting self concept. Analyze the Duke's self concept. Determine how the Duke developed this self concept and what steps he took to maintain it.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the Duke's discussion of going bald? This discussion is directly related to the theme of death. Explore how this discussion fits into this theme and offer suggestions for why the author chose this as one way to represent the theme of death.

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