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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 does Charles expect to come from Cora's meeting of William and Stella Ransome?

2. When Cora and William meet, what do they realize together?

3. What does William call "the Trouble"?

4. Luke Garrett's nickname is The Imp. Who named him?

5. Who writes to Cora after the Ambrose introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Reverend Willliam Ransome was the Rector of what parish?

2. What did Cora state emphatically about her comings and goings to Charles Ambrose while having tea?

3. What did Luke Garrett believe Cora sent him through their correspondence?

4. How did Cora meet Thomas Taylor, the beggar?

5. Who showed up to the Ransome's house while Cora was visiting for the first time?

6. What is the Flying Dutchman that Cora and William saw while walking?

7. What is Luke Garrett's nickname and why?

8. What did Stella find in Aldwinter that kept her entertained and happy?

9. What did Cora send to William after their first meeting?

10. Luke Garrett was the first person to successfully complete what type of surgery in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Francis is a strange little boy. After the death of Michael Seaborne, Martha states, "How can I be afraid of him; he is nothing but a fatherless boy!" (26). Discuss the implications of Martha's statement and include inferences based on Cora's feelings for her son pre and post the death of his father.

Essay Topic 2

The book begins with a young New Year's Eve reveler at the edge of the water. He is preparing to take a swim when he finds he is spooked by something in the water. Eventually, he realizes he is imagining it and takes a quick dip. Later in the novel we learn that the man was found the next day, naked with his neck broken. Why does the author begin the book in this manner? What does this sub-story lend to the overall text? What caused the man's broken neck? Provide evidence for your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Cora is accused of being a solipsist. Solipsist is defined as a theory in which only the self is proven to exist and includes a preoccupation of one's own feelings and desires; egotistical. Discuss your opinion of the theory and how it relates to Cora.

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