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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 Dr. Reefy ride when he goes house to house?

2. How long has Dr. Reefy worn the same clothes?

3. Who says "I have a desire to make you admire me"?

4. Where does George walk after leaving work one night?

5. What happens to the tall, dark girl in one of her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ned first plans to move to Cleveland, what does Alice tell him?

2. What does David do when Jesse pulls out a knife in the forest?

3. Why is George careful when he counts his money on the train?

4. Why does Ed Handby want to get married?

5. As revealed in the story "Death", why does Elizabeth marry Tom?

6. What are the paper pills?

7. How does Wing feel about the town where he lives?

8. How does Enoch's life change when he is twenty-one?

9. What does Louise say about the gender of her baby?

10. What does Kate tell George about writing in "The Teacher"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sherwood Anderson is considered to be one of the fathers of Realism. Define the literary movement of Realism and explain how "Winesburg, Ohio" fits this definition.

Essay Topic 2

Religion appears throughout "Winesburg, Ohio". How is religion described and used in the novel? How are religious people set apart from the non-religious? Analyze the use of religion in this novel to discern what Anderson's message about religion may be.

Essay Topic 3

How does death affect the characters of this novel? Who fears death and why? Who talks about death and why? What does death mean to some of these characters? Most importantly, what does it represent?

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