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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 Mr. Vane decide to do after waking?

2. What does his guide become after Vane holds it?

3. About what does Vane learn?

4. Where does Raven lead Vane?

5. What does Vane do that makes it difficult for him to find love?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the battle Vane witness when he wakes after falling asleep in the forest.

2. What does Mr. Vane think may have happened to him and what does he do because of that?

3. What does Cat-Woman say about the Giant Queen myth?

4. How does the woman act when she first stands alive?

5. How does Raven explain the sleepers?

6. Why does Vane go to Bulika?

7. What happens when Vane catches up to the woman?

8. Why isn't Raven very accommodating to Vane?

9. How does Vane continue to try to resurrect the fresh corpse of the woman?

10. What happens to set Mr. Vane off on his quest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of identity appears throughout Lilith. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of identity throughout LILITH. Whose identities change? Whose stay the same? Is one's identity set or does it change?

2. Do you think the word "identity" is the same as the concept of "true self"? Explain your response with examples from the text.

3. Does Mr. Vane's true self change or does his perception of who he is change? Explore this question fully with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 8, Vane examines some old papers. One thing written there is the sentence: "I know the outspread splendour a passing show ... it may... be lifted to reveal more wonderful things." Discuss the following:

1. Discuss the implication of the above quote as to the nature of reality.

2. The reality of the world into which Vane enters through the mirror is quite different from the "real" world which is composed of only three dimensions. Compare/contrast the properties of the "real" world (that which we live in) to the properties of the world Vane visits.

3. At the end of the book, Vane, Lona and the Little Ones are walking towards a City on top of a mountain. The suggestion is that this city is "heaven." Discuss how you think the world of this city may differ from both our earth and the world in which Bulika is set.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss the character Mr. Vane. What are his strengths? Weaknesses? How does he evolve over the course of the story? Is he likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? How do you think his time in the other world influences who he is in the "real" world? Or does it?

2. Thoroughly discuss the character Mr. Raven/Adam. What are his strengths? Weaknesses? How does he evolve over the course of the story? (or does he?) Is he likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Is he trustworthy? Wise?

3. Why do you think there are more well-developed female characters than male characters? Discuss fully with examples.

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