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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. Who is attributed as the author of The Prairie Torment: Lincoln’s Psychology in Chapter 72?
2. What word in Chapter 46 refers to a person or thing that is detested or loathed?
3. Who is the youngest of the East children?
4. Who is described by Roger Bevins III as the decapitated fellow in Chapter 52?
5. Who is said to have written Accidental Jehovah: Will, Focus, and the Great Deed?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the Crutcher brothers and Mr. and Mrs. Reedy described?
2. How did Bevins and Vollman once cause a wedding?
3. To what sin does Captain William Prince confess? To whom does he confess?
4. To what does Lance Durning attest in Chapter 65?
5. What is the outcome of the young lovers that is described in Chapter 77?
6. What are the prides of Professor Edmund Bloomer and Lawrence T. Decroix?
7. How is the experience of being in Lincoln described in Chapter 49?
8. What is described in the account of Paul Riles, White House guard in Chapter 57?
9. How do the protagonists manage to sway Lincoln from leaving in Chapter 77?
10. How do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman go about occupying Mr. Lincoln in Chapter 44?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of loss and grief in Lincoln in the Bardo. How are these themes illustrated through character? What are symbols in the novel that reflect the themes of loss and grief?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Lieutenant Cecil Stone in Lincoln in the Bardo. How did Lieutenant Stone die? Why does he exhibit racist behavior? How does this character evolve in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the character of Elson Farwell in the novel. Where was Farwell a slave? What are his thoughts on his experiences as a slave? Why does Elson remain in the bardo?
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