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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 are Lucifer's orders to Hemmings and Dodswell when Lucifer is at the manor?
2. Why do you think Lucifer accompanies Phyllida Tallent on her errands?
3. Who is the character of Phyllida Tallent?
4. Why is Covey important to Lucifer?
5. Of all the characters giving alibis, which character's alibi deserves special attention?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what happens between Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent in the setting of the shrubbery.
2. What is the similarity between Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer?
3. Why does Lucifer keeps the information from Sir Jasper about Phyllida Tallent's presence at the manor ?
4. How does Lucifer know that Phyllida Tallent is present at the manor and at the murder spot when he is unconscious?
5. What are Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer's feelings towards each other as seen in chapter three?
6. What are the series of incidents that take place at the manor after Lucifer finds the dead body of Horatio Welham?
7. What is the clue Lucifer finds behind the shrubbery when he moves to the manor, helping him further the investigation?
8. What happens to Phyllida Tallent at Lady Huddlesford's dinner party?
9. What is the shift in Lucifer's idea of love and marriage as seen in chapters eight and nine?
10. After Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer's picnic, what is the author's use of "storm" stand for?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What kind of relationships do the readers see between the characters of the novel? Are the relationships strained, good, bad?
Essay Topic 2
What are the factors responsible for the shift in Lucifer's thought process - from being a character who wants to avoid marriage to becoming a character who eventually falls in love and settles down.
Essay Topic 3
Why does the author make use of social gatherings, for example, dance parties, to further the investigation? Is it possible to do without the social gatherings in the novel? When do the social gatherings taken place in the novel?
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