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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 does Emerson pull out of the crowd in Chapter 14?

2. What does Emerson offer the criminals for their help?

3. What is Milverton's condition in Chapter 11?

4. What does Emerson find at the tomb in Chapter 15?

5. Who is found dead in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Madame Berengeria's reaction to Emerson's performance?

2. Describe what Emerson is wearing when the party from Baskerville House arrives to watch his performance?

3. What observations does Amelia make about Armadale's body?

4. What do the Emersons discover has happened to Milverton in Chapter 10?

5. What do Lady Baskerville and Mary argue about in Chapter 11? How does Emerson solve the argument?

6. Who is the skeleton found in the tomb? What is the skeleton found with?

7. What does Mary tell Amelia and Emerson when they arrive at Baskerville House in Chapter 13?

8. What does Amelia make a chart of in Chapter 15?

9. What halts work at the excavation site in Chapter 11?

10. What does Emerson find when he knocks through the tomb wall painted with a portrait of Anubis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a parody? What makes "The Curse of the Pharaohs" a parody? What is the novel a parody of?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of pharaohs in the novel, "The Curse of the Pharaohs." What is a pharaoh? What connection can be made between the excavation and pharaohs? What is the significance of the pendant found on the tomb raider?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel, "The Curse of the Pharaohs". Who is suspicious of whom, and why? Who is Amelia suspicious of? Why does she feel this way? As the reader, who behaves suspiciously in the novel? Why do they behave this way? How do the characters' suspicions of others affect their behavior?

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