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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. How many humors does Bisset note exist?

2. In what state does Bisset search for the Angel Oak?

3. With which of the following does Chef threaten Butcher Clyde to secure Maryse’s release?

4. Which of the following terms does Ondine use to describe the Night Doctors?

5. In what month is Maryse’s family killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Maryse’s group assume the Ku Kluxers took captives at Frenchy’s?

2. What reason do the three Aunties give for choosing Maryse as their champion?

3. What does Maryse note is the strangest thing Bisset wears when he first greets her?

4. How does Bisset explain hepatoscopy?

5. Who accompanies Maryse to Stone Mountain from Macon?

6. What background information about the Night Doctors does Maryse’s group have?

7. Why does Butcher Clyde note the hate of the Klan is not sufficiently potent for his kind?

8. What meaning is attributed to the Shout Eve and Adam in the novel?

9. How does Bisset explain humorism?

10. How does Butcher Clyde defeat Maryse at the attack on Frenchy’s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than fantasy might Ring Shout be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the “notations” that appear sporadically through the book.

Essay Topic 3

In the acknowledgments, Clark asks, “Who says all the fantasies with sword-wielding heroes and heroines have to be in Middle Earth, Westeros, or even our dreams of Africa past—‘copper sun or scarlet sea?’” (183). What significance accrues to his question, and how does it accrue?

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