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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 language is Gideon studying before his accident?

2. In what part of London is the Invisible Library?

3. What variety of rose had Jet planted?

4. Which of the Brontë sisters’ books does Jet note reading?

5. In what year was The Book of the Raven written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Vincent’s reasons for having fled from the Owens family in his youth?

2. What rules does Sally inherit from Susannah Owens (8)?

3. How does the novel note left-hand paths begin (132)?

4. What does Kylie offer in exchange for her first direction toward left-handed magic in London?

5. In the novel, what resonances are noted for the date of Jet’s death?

6. What does Ian note as the intended effects of the malediction used against him?

7. What are the likely reasons, per the novel, a person checks into a hotel without luggage?

8. Explicate the irony in Lockland’s comments that the people of Thornfield do not know what to think about people like him?

9. What reason is given for people staying home in Thornfield on All Soul’s Night, and what reason is understood to be true?

10. What is the significance of the Chocolate Tipsy Cake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the names of the formal divisions of the novel. What significance accrues to them? How does that significance present itself? What purpose is served by that significance? How is it served?

Essay Topic 2

As a book in a series, The Book of Magic necessarily relies on earlier information to make itself make sense. What information is missing from the present novel that would clarify it? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

For any one character or location, explicate the significance of his, her, or its name.

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