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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. How does J. describe Reading?
2. Where is George when he hears the bells chime in the story J. tells?
3. What kind of drink do the men take after making the stew?
4. What kind of a scene does J. think of when he imagines King Henry courting someone?
5. What does J. think is the best way to get a tea kettle to boil?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Montmorency react to the tea kettle the night everyone makes stew?
2. Why does J. have to pay a lot of money after he and some friends rent a sailboat on a windy day?
3. How does J. end up being the first one to take a bath in the river?
4. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?
5. What happens that lets George know that everyone is lying about who caught the fish that is mounted on the wall in the pub?
6. What does J.'s friend miscalculate with the punt when they are boating together?
7. How does the cat react when Montmorency tries to attack it?
8. What does George decide to do once he realizes he cannot go back to sleep the night his watch stops working?
9. What formula does J.'s friend have when it comes to exaggerating his fishing successes?
10. What kind of story is J. reminded of when he sees Montmorency attack the cat?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how alcohol/drinking/being drunk is portrayed in "Three Men in a Boat" as well as why Jerome would include the instances he does of characters drinking/having too much to drink in the text.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss at least three elements of "Three Men in a Boat" that have made the novel such a timeless classic, making sure to mention why each element has connected with readers for over a century.
Essay Topic 3
Present an argument discussing why the group's decision to take the train home at the conclusion of the novel DOES or DOES NOT fit with what the reader has come to learn and know about this particular group of characters.
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