Bridge of Clay Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bridge of Clay Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was the date that the Murderer was said to have come home in "The Forces are Displayed"?

2. How did Michael propose to Penelope?

3. What animals did Matthew dig up before finding the typewriter in "Before the Beginning"?

4. What color are Michael's mother's glasses described as in "The Murderer Wasn't Always a Murderer"?

5. Who among the Dunbar boys had insisted on keeping Achilles the mule?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Penelope's childhood described? Who raised her?

2. Where did Michael Dunbar grow up? Who raised him?

3. How does irony apply to Penelope's piano in Part 4?

4. What did Michael do after his mother died? Why?

5. What led to the end of Michael's relationship with Abbey?

6. How is Clay greeted upon returning to the Dunbar home in Part 4?

7. Where is the Murderer when Matthew finds him in the house in Part 1? What is he doing?

8. What pets do the Dunbars have? What is the significance of their names?

9. Who are the Dunbar sons and what are their basic qualities?

10. How and why did Penelope purchase a piano?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the piano in Bridge of Clay. Who bought the piano? What aspects of the piano in its present form are important? What does the piano represent to the characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Outline and discuss the narrative plot structure of Bridge of Clay. What is the inciting incident in the story? Where does the climax occur? How would you compare the plot structure of this novel to the classical works that are alluded to in the work?

Essay Topic 3

Identify three examples of imagery in Bridge of Clay (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, etc.). What is being described? How does each example serve the reader? What effects do these comparisons have?

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