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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wash's job?

2. At the end of this story, who does Reverend Curtis feel is an "instrument of God"?

3. What does Ed Handby do for a living?

4. Why is Helen at her parent's house in "Sophistication"?

5. Who names the girl "Tandy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast two parent-child relationships in "Winesburg, Ohio". Consider the openness of the relationship, the love that is expressed, the feelings embraced and the overall effect of the relationship on all parties involved.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how three or four characters failed to use their natural talents to better themselves. Describe the talent, including how you are made aware of it. Use evidence from the text to prove the talent and the characters failure to realize it. What happens to these characters as a result? What happens to the people around them? What does this failure mean to the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Choose three characters that you feel have power in Winesburg. Defend your choices and discuss what characteristics are needed to be powerful in Winesburg. How do these characters use their power? What does having power in Winesburg mean? How is power a theme, or not a theme, in the novel?

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