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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 of the following does Gideon note is a “volatile agent” (252)?
2. Who greets Gideon and Cutter on their arrival at the house on Vesper Sands?
3. With which of the following does Chapter XVII begin?
4. To which of the following does Cutter compare Gideon?
5. Which of the following does Ada order for herself upon greeting Gideon and Cutter?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Elf determine that Cutter is an independent agent?
2. As Gideon and Cutter arrive in Deal, what is Gideon’s primary concern?
3. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
4. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
5. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
6. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
7. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
8. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, what prompts him to curse obscenely?
9. How does Cutter explain his specialty to Gideon?
10. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Assuming that The House on Vesper Sands should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Sources attest to the presence of The House on Vesper Sands on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Similarly, major sectional divisions of a novel, when titled, often speak to the tone of the sections they title. Do the section-titles in the novel serve that function for The House on Vesper Sands? How or how not?
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