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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 what direction did Jude travel when he left the group home?
2. When Jude again starts needing his wheelchair in Chapter 1 of Part III: Vanities, how many years has it been since he has needed to use a wheelchair?
3. With whom is Jude having dinner when Caleb unexpectedly enters the restaurant?
4. How did Jude travel toward his destination of Boston after escaping from the group home?
5. Which character assures Willem that Willem's acting is contributing to the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about the mistaken identity of the person Jude hallucinates is trying to hurt him?
2. What objects solidify Jude and Willem's romantic relationship in the eyes of their friends?
3. How does the motif of dreams appear within Harold's characterization?
4. How did Jude come to leave the group home in Montana?
5. To what historical event does the part title Vanities allude?
6. What is the sole source of Willem's envy of Jude?
7. Which voice does Jude usually ignore but decide to listen to in relation to Caleb?
8. What major turning point in the novel occurs within Part V: The Happy Years, in relation to Jude and Willem?
9. What methods does Jude use in order to hide the signs that he is being abused?
10. Characterize Willem's passion for acting.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of A Little Life and one of the novel's main messages. How does Yanagihara make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Yanagihara’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of A Little Life.
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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