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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 did Hiram Scates run for president of?

2. Who returns to Spoon River in The Spooniad?

3. What did Silas Dement burn down?

4. When did Hamlet Micure have visions?

5. How long did Isaiah Beethoven discover he had to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the epitaph about the many soldiers different from the other epitaphs in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

2. How does William Goode justify his aimless wandering?

3. What is one theme in the section beginning with William H. Herndon and ending with Alfonzo Churchill?

4. What souls are in the section beginning with Zilpha Marsh and ending with Webster Ford?

5. Give three examples of enlightened souls in the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician.

6. What does Lyman King say about Fate?

7. Why are there many references to soldiers and war in the section beginning with Magrady Graham and ending with Mabel Osborne?

8. How was Lucinda Matlock able to deal with the deaths of eight of her twelve children?

9. How is Father Malloy's epitaph different from the others in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

10. The section beginning with Magrady Graham and ending with Mabel Osborne contains several stories by residents who are considered enlightened souls. Give at least two examples of these residents.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the Spooniad and the Epilogue fit into the larger work of the "Spoon River Anthology".

Essay Topic 3

Describe the types of souls that exist in the epitaphs of the "Spoon River Anthology".

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