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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 color does Roger Bevins III describe wearing at Christmastide with his father in Chapter 27?

2. Who is the fictional author of the fictional work Those Most Joyful Years?

3. Who does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Traynor singing merrily in Chapter 32?

4. What color skirt does Roger Bevins III describe Miranda Debb as favoring in Chapter 29?

5. With whom is Mr. Randall perpetually in conversation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the inciting incident that transitions the plot to rising action?

2. What does Lieutenant Cecil Stone describe of his life in Chapter 26?

3. How does Hans Vollman describe his death in Chapter 1?

4. What is the unnatural predilection that Roger Bevins III describes in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

6. How is the appearance of Hans Vollman described in Chapter 9?

7. What does the tendril that wraps Willie symbolic of?

8. Why do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman set out seeking Abraham Lincoln in Chapter 36?

9. How is Mrs. Delaney's plight described in Chapter 31?

10. What is the significance of the state dinner held by the Lincolns in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the Three Bachelors? What are their names? What activities do they perform around the bardo? What role do they play in the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the historical context of Lincoln in the Bardo. What elements of the novel reflect the circumstances of the 1860s? How does the historical context inform the action of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Reverend Everly Thomas in Lincoln in the Bardo. When did the Reverend come to the bardo? Why did he refuse to pass through the gates? What makes the Reverend stand out amongst the inhabitants of the bardo?

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