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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. Which phrase does Edik use to report a prophecy to Caddis?
2. Which of the following is the name of one of Beatryce’s brothers?
3. What are the first reported words of the soldier as he lies abed in Jack’s village?
4. Which of the following does the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village have on his face?
5. Which of the following did the man with the knife take from Jack’s father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Edik tardy in feeding Answelica?
2. Why does Jack start at the approach of horses to his village?
3. How does Edik describe the child’s crying in Chapter Three?
4. What job does Jack have in his village, and why?
5. In Chapter Nine, whom does Edik note expecting to be literate?
6. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?
7. In Chapter Five, how does Beatryce describe the seahorse?
8. At the beginning of Chapter Fourteen, what sobriquets does Bibspeak apply to Jack?
9. How does Edik note feeling about hearing his father’s voice?
10. In Chapter Six, what does Edik note wanting his letters to illuminate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edik receives a number of candies to take with him when he leaves the monastery. They come in a variety of shapes; what significance attaches to those shapes, and how does it emerge from the text?
Essay Topic 2
Edik muses on the following question (117): “And shouldn’t home be the place where you are allowed to be yourself, loved as yourself?” What answer to that question does the novel advance, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
The effects of trauma on several characters in the novel are clear. How does The Beatryce Prophecy present trauma, and what significance accrues to the presentation?
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