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

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of Kate Swift's catches Reverend Curtis' attention one morning as he sits at his desk?

2. When Ray is buying groceries, what does he tell Hal?

3. What does George decide to do the day his mother dies?

4. At the end of this story, George is the last person in Winesburg to do what?

5. Who says "the women in the place don't embarrass me although they try hard enough"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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