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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 killed Yee Bow?

2. What is the name of Amanda Barker's husband?

3. What hit Johnnie Sayre?

4. Who ran away from home with the circus?

5. What party did John Cabanis lead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Cabanis say did NOT contribute to his decision to leave the conservative party to lead the liberal party?

2. Why is Andy the Night-Watch considered a quiet hero?

3. How are the one-life minded souls like the fools in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

4. Did Searcy Foote feel justified in killing his aunt with chloroform? Why?

5. Give three examples of one-life minded souls, and explain how each is one-life minded.

6. Compare and contrast Fiddler Jones and A. D. Blood.

7. Explain why Hod Put could not achieve success in life. What did he choose instead?

8. How is the Circuit Judge's sense of justice skewed?

9. Why can Nicholas Bindle be considered foolish? Why can he be considered heroic?

10. What happened to Ollie and Fletcher McGee? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Masters's use of poetry affects the reader's experience in reading "Spoon River Anthology". How would it be different if it were written in prose?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Masters reveals relationships between residents in "Spoon River Anthology". Why are these relationships important to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

What major events that happened in the town of Spoon River are explained in the epitaphs and the Spooniad?

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