View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Duke's response to the local's request on December 19th?

2. Who recounts three anecdotes involving the Duke?

3. What does Mr. Hendley and the reader learn about the Duke during his bike ride?

4. What does the Duke generally think about man?

5. What does the Duke find on December 13 in the store room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What in "From His Grace's Journal to Mrs. Pledger's Account" serves to illustrate the Duke's madness?

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

4. Why is the Duke's visit to Reverend Mellor significant?

5. What does Conner say about the Duke's phantom boy?

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

7. How does the housemaid's account provide a glimpse into the Duke's personality as a child?

8. What happens when the Duke allows locals to use his property?

9. What is the setting like in Camera Obscura?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the idea of security. In particular, the Duke gains a sense of security with the map of his estate. Explore the reasoning behind this feeling and the impact it has on the Duke's desire to live a fuller life during his last days.

Essay Topic 2

It is clear throughout the story that the Duke led a very isolated life. However, there are indications of townspeople who seemed to like, or at least tolerate, the Duke. Compare and contrast the various relationships the Duke had with the other characters in the story.

Essay Topic 3

The Duke's staff and some of the townspeople felt the need to protect the Duke from either the outside world or himself. Explore the motivations for this protection. For example, did offering the Duke protection benefit only the Duke or could there have been more selfish reasons for this protection? Offer a discussion and explication for how and why this protection failed.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 892 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample