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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 Brown speak with the man in the forest?

2. What is Brown afraid of encountering in the forest?

3. How old is the man in the forest?

4. How does Brown feel as he starts out on the path?

5. How does Brown worry he will feel when he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Brown going?

2. How does the man in the forest know Brown’s grandfather?

3. How does Brown feel when he hears about the people in town who know the man in the forest?

4. Please describe the man in the forest.

5. What is Brown’s response to his wife’s request?

6. What strange illusion does Brown see while with the man in the forest?

7. How does the man in the forest know Brown’s father?

8. What did Brown’s grandfather do to a woman?

9. What is Brown doing at the beginning of the book?

10. What did Brown’s father burn down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hawthorne presents the idea that there are 2 sides to every man. Choose 3 of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Human nature is a strong symbol and theme in this book. Where does this symbol appear, and what role does it play in the book?

Essay Topic 3

The man in the forest is a strange character. Who is he, and how does he appear?

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