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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. Why does Vane think he is not in Hell?

2. How do the prayers rise from the church?

3. Where does Vane bathe the corpse?

4. What library does Cat-Woman tell Vane to visit to learn about the Little Ones?

5. Why is Vane being watched?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vane do at Cat-Woman's house?

2. Briefly describe the legend that Mr. Vane learns from his butler.

3. To where does Mr. Vane follow the figure who appears and disappears?

4. How does Vane meet Cat-Woman and how does he feel about her?

5. Describe Vane's encounter with a frightened woman in Bulika.

6. How are the sleepers described?

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

8. What does Vane's father describe in some papers Vane finds?

9. What does Raven say about prayers to Vane?

10. What does Mr. Vane ask of the raven and how does the raven respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss LILITH based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Lilith is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that LILITH is written in the 19th century changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of "universal salvation" as it occurs in LILITH. What does this term mean in context of Christianity? How is it expressed in Lilith? Is this concept part of the fundamental precepts of most Christian sects? Why or why not?

2. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of greed as it occurs in LILITH. What characters are greedy? Why? Is Vane greedy when he reaches out to grasp the beautiful creature he sees (Chapter 7, p. 47). Who is able to let go of greed? How do they do so? Does anyone refuse to transform his/her greed? Who? Why?

3. Thoroughly trace and analyze the juxtaposing of beauty with evil. How are the two concepts related? What characters are beautiful? Is beauty only physical? What characters are beautiful on the outside but evil on the inside? Is the internal evil transformed to match the external beauty? With whom? How?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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