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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 Elf note is Cutter’s given name?
2. Which of the following does Ada order for herself upon greeting Gideon and Cutter?
3. What ship is visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
4. With which of the following does Chapter XXIV begin?
5. Which of the following scholars does O’Donnell cite for references to policing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does O’Donnell note as the only historical liberty he knowingly takes (401)?
2. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?
3. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?
4. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?
5. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?
6. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?
7. When confronting Octavia at the house on Vesper Sands, what does Elf note about her history and prospects?
8. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?
9. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?
10. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the point of broadest contrast between the city where you live—as determined by your postal address—and the primary setting of the novel? How does that point contrast, based on experience and the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in The House on Vesper Sands? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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