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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What style poem did Nugent write?
(a) Ode.
(b) Epithalamium.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Free verse.

2. On what holy day did Lynch land in Ireland when Nora became sick?
(a) Good Friday.
(b) Maundy Thursday.
(c) Ash Wednesday.
(d) Easter Sunday.

3. What did Lynch have a drink of every night?
(a) Beer.
(b) Irish whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Scotch.

4. On what day was Milo buried?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

5. How many hours did the undertaker work on the murdered girl?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eighteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how much do cremated human remains weigh?

2. What did Lynch suggest could be the introductory price of a grave site at the golfatorium?

3. How many siblings did Lynch have?

4. What did Lynch's father see in every bruise on his children?

5. In what era did Gladstone live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lynch lament about the modern homes Americans live in?

2. What is the essential difference between burying the old and burying infants?

3. How does society generally view cemeteries, according to Lynch?

4. In what fundamental ways did the flush toilet change human civilization?

5. How did Lynch "resolve" his feelings about the existence of God?

6. Why did the priest insist on a simple funeral and burial service and why was Lynch unimpressed?

7. How did Lynch try to maintain some of the old traditions after he fixed up the Irish cottage when Nora passed away?

8. What did Lynch mean by "the poor cousin of fear is rage?"

9. Why was Henry Nugent unable to get relief from his heartbreak following his divorce?

10. Did Lynch profess to a certain fascination with dead bodies?

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