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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 does Barrett call the sound of Edith brushing her teeth and splashing the water as she washes her face?
2. What does Florence dream of doing?
3. What does Florence find on the body in the wine cellar?
4. What does Florence pray for in Part Five?
5. Who sits with Florence after her horrible experience in her room leaves her catatonic?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the words Florence repeats over the body of Daniel Belasco at his funeral, and what is their purpose?
2. What does Daniel make Florence do after he forces her to wet the bed? How does Florence regain some control?
3. Lionel and Edith have an awkward moment in the steam room, and Edith leaves hastily, slamming the door behind her. What happens to Lionel after he is abandoned in the steam room?
4. What does Daniel tell Florence that Lionel's machine will do? What does he tell her he needs in order to leave?
5. Why do you think Florence wrote the letter "B" in her own blood on the chapel floor? What do you think she was trying to tell the Barretts and Ben?
6. What is Ben's reaction to Lionel's accusation that Deutsch is wasting one-third of his money?
7. Describe Daniel Belasco's exhumation and reburial.
8. From what does Lionel say that ecotoplasm derives, and from what does he say it is?
9. What happens when Florence attacks Edith, and what secret does Florence reveal about Edith's childhood?
10. To whom does Ben compare Florence's belief that Daniel haunts Hell House, and what happened to that person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The group's members are offered $100,000 apiece to find an answer to the question of life after death. However, only Ben has experienced the true nature of Hell House, and he was left in horrible condition. Is the money worth their lives? What could possibly make them stay around after the awful way that Florence died? What could be the motivation for them to stay? Cite examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
The spirits have not left Hell House as originally thought and, as Edith naps, Lionel is dragged into the pool and drowned by an unseen force. Edith is awakened by Lionel's voice and her wedding ring cracking in two. Is this ending too "formulaic"? Were you expecting a more creative ending? If so, what would be more appropriate? Was Edith one of the characters you expected to survive the ending? Why or why not? Cite examples to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Edith is continuously illustrated as one of the weaker people in the group at Hell House, yet she is one of the few to survive. Florence is savvy and strong, yet she is the first to perish. Analyze the juxtaposition of these two characters, their perceived strengths and weaknesses, and how Hell House ultimately affects each character.
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