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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 the first man not leave without?

2. Who enters the courtyard through an iron gate and moves quietly toward the man and watches him with mild amusement?

3. What, at last, occurs?

4. How does the scene end?

5. What is in massive scale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the two men relish?

2. What do the lawyer and butler do to Julian? What is Julian's response?

3. What does the Cardinal tell Julian to accept? How does Julian respond?

4. What do the two men wonder about Julian's ability to take what they have to say?

5. Describe the upstairs sitting room of the castle.

6. How does Miss Alice feel about her chairs?

7. How does the Cardinal respond to the lawyer's insults?

8. How does this scene end?

9. How does the scene end?

10. What does the lawyer say how the Cardinal's caged birds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julian wonders if he slept with the Virgin Mary.

Part 1) Why does he believe this?

Part 2) What does this say about Julian's religious beliefs?

Part 3) What does this reveal to the audience about Julian's character?

Essay Topic 2

A reference to moving, going, or coming "up" repeats several times.

Part 1) Describe two references to the word "up."

Part 2) What does "up" initially mean to you? Why?

Part 3) What does "up" seem to mean in this story? How do you know this?

Essay Topic 3

The butler is nonplussed about most things.

Part 1) Prove this statement.

Part 2) What is his relationship with the other characters.

Part 3) Based on what you know of him, what might be his thoughts on this conspiracy?

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