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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. With what was Webster Ford infatuated?

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

3. Where did Gustav Richter work long days?

4. What did Seth Compton build?

5. Where did Aaron Hatfield speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William Goode justify his aimless wandering?

2. How did Felix Schmidt lose what little he had in life?

3. What significance does Flossie have to John Cabanis's departure from the conservative party?

4. Why does Jefferson Howard challenge the liberal party in the planning meeting?

5. Compare and contrast E. C. Culbertson and Hildrup Tubbs.

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

7. What do many residents seek in the section beginning with William H. Herndon and ending with Alfonzo Churchill?

8. What is one theme of the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician?

9. What role does literature play in the section beginning with Edmund Pollard and ending with Dippold the Optician?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the tone of "Spoon River Anthology"? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Was John Cabanis right in attempting to overthrow the conservative party in The Spooniad? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the theme of vengeance in "Spoon River Anthology".

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