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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 color eyes does Herman Mudgett have?

2. Where does Holmes meet Minnie?

3. Which structure do the architects want to do better?

4. What is the name of the new family that moves into Holmes' apartment?

5. From what city do three of the architects come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Lawrence not go to the police in Chappell Redux?

2. What mistake has the structural engineer made in Cold Blooded Fact?

3. What event does the Chicago Exposition celebrate?

4. Describe the submission sent in by George Ferris.

5. What difference does the painter Millet make?

6. Who does Burnham invite to work on the designs for the World Exposition Fair?

7. What wi the Exposition like at night?

8. What do the architects want to achieve from the Exposition?

9. What problems is Burnham facing in Gauntlet Dropped?

10. What does the Modus Operandi chapter say about Pendergast's desires as a serial killer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What difference did the fair make to Chicago? Did Chicago need to change? Were there negative effects of the fair as well as positive affects? How can such an event affect the mindset and confidence of a population?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the city of Chicago before the fair to the city of Chicago after the fair. How did the fair affect the city in terms of the following:

1) Crime

2) Jobs

3) Tourism

Essay Topic 3

The novel is set mostly in Chicago.

1) What meaning does Chicago bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Chicago?

2) How different do you think today's Chicago is to the Chicago in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Chicago?

3) How do you think the Chicago settings of the novel contributes to the novel's dark tone?

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