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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 nationality is the owner of the hotel?

2. What do the Easterner and the cowboy wonder about Scully and the Swede?

3. What does Scully look for under the bed?

4. How does the Swede respond when Johnnie says he does not know what the Swede meant by his outrageous comment?

5. What color is the hotel painted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scully retrieve from under the bed in his room?

2. What happens after the farmer leaves a card game he had been playing with Scully's son, Johnnie?

3. Why do Stephen Crane's works enjoy such a wide and varied audience?

4. What is the real name of the Blue Hotel and who is the proprietor?

5. How does Scully try to change the subject to prevent the Swede from leaving the hotel?

6. How do the Easterner and the cowboy view the Swede differently?

7. What is the premise of THE BLUE HOTEL?

8. How does the Swede display unusual behavior after dinner?

9. What is the Swede's demeanor when he reenters the room with Scully?

10. How does the Swede's behavior escalate into even more bizarre behavior after the men declare that they don't know why he made such a startling statement about men being killed in that room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Johnnie and the Swede. What are their roles within the story? Why is there such animosity between the two?

Essay Topic 2

THE BLUE HOTEL is a classic story of fear and reprisal. What does that classification entail? Why does this story fit into this category?

Essay Topic 3

How does the Swede change over the course of the story? Why does the author make his character so volatile? Is there any significance to his ethnic and cultural background? Explain.

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