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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. In From His Grace's Journal to a Local Woman's Account, why does the Duke state that the trees losing their leaves?

2. What does the Duke spend his last few months of life trying to do?

3. How many children does Fanny Adelaide have?

4. What does the Duke want built on his estate?

5. In addition to the woman who rums the laundry room, how many girls work there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information do the accounts of Mr. Grimshaw and Bowen provide the reader?

2. What does Dr. Cox think about the Duke?

3. Based on the scene in the laundry room, how does Mrs. Pladger feel about the Duke?

4. What does the Duke say about his grooming regime?

5. How does the Duke get around in his underground tunnel system?

6. What does the Duke think about trying the beef essence?

7. Why is the Duke so horrified by Mr. Snow's appearance?

8. What do the Oakely sisters tell the Duke concerning the beef essence?

9. Why does the Duke think he must escape his estate quickly?

10. What is the significance of reading Mr. Bird's point of view within the Duke's journal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thinking back throughout the story, compare the notion of trepanning with the Duke's experience at Pin Hole cave and The Camera Obscura. Explore this connection and offer an explanation for the Duke performing trepanning on himself based on these previous experiences.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the Duke's need to remember his past. Be sure to discuss why the Duke does not remember some things in his past, how he goes about remembering his past, and the effect of the knowledge of his past on the Duke's mental and physical health.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the Duke's reputation among the townspeople compared to his actual qualities. Consider how this dynamic serves to develop the characters of the Duke and the various townspeople he comes in contact with and discuss the possibility of the following: If the Duke was more social, do you think there would have been so many rumors about him? What does this say about human nature?

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