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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 is Nicholas's hobby?

2. How many tenant farmers drive law enforcement off of the Van Ryn's property?

3. What piece of jewelery is Miranda wearing when she leaves for Dragonwyck?

4. What is the name of the leader of the tenant farmers?

5. How does Jeff think the tenant farmers get their justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Miranda hear the story about Azilde, and what is it about?

2. What happens when Miranda walks in to the doctor's office to have Katrine's finger examined?

3. What does Miranda think about when she goes to bed for the first time in Dragonwyck?

4. What does Jeff do when he stays the night at Dragonwyck?

5. What happens when Miranda agrees to play a game of Blind Man's Bluff?

6. What do Nicholas and Miranda think of each other when they first meet?

7. What is given to Miranda just before she heads to her own home after the funeral?

8. How does Johanna die, and how does Nicholas respond?

9. What happens when Nicholas and Miranda are driving home from the doctor's office?

10. How does Miranda feel when she sees the hotel room that is prepared for her, at her first stop on her journey to Dragonwyck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Security and safety are two themes that are touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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