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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 Clement post on the Duke's door on the train?

2. What do the locals ask the Duke for on December 19th?

3. Why does the Duke want to travel alone?

4. What does Clements force the Duke to do?

5. Who does the Duke visit on December 22nd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can searching for clues outside of the home help the Duke do?

2. Why doesn't the Duke find out about Snow's death until after the funeral?

3. What is the recurring dream discussed in the January 28th journal entry?

4. What is the setting like in Camera Obscura?

5. Why does the Duke allow people to skate on the ice but protests to going on the ice with them?

6. What is significant about the interactions between the Duke and Mr. Hendley?

7. What is significant about the Duke traveling between January 6-11th?

8. Why does the Duke add Fowler's bust to his shrine?

9. What reduces the Duke's anxiety while he is in Camera Obscura?

10. What does the fellowship created on the ice teach the Duke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thinking back throughout the story, compare the notion of trepanning with the Duke's experience at Pin Hole cave and The Camera Obscura. Explore this connection and offer an explanation for the Duke performing trepanning on himself based on these previous experiences.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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