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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Valentine do for a living?
2. What does June like about her father?
3. What did Herzog take the last time he visited Taube?
4. Who lives with Ramona?
5. What "old friend" does Herzog visit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Social roles play a part in character development. The novel takes place during the 1960s. What are the expected, typical social roles of men and women during this time? Choose three of the main characters (Herzog, Daisy, Madeleine, Valentine, Ramona), and explain how each either fits or goes against the typical social roles of the time. How do these roles impact the novel? Use specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Madeleine is another character that also undergoes a change in the novel. Compare and contrast Madeleine's character and personality from when she first met Herzog as the "other woman," to when she divorces Herzog, to her encounter with Herzog at the police station in Chicago. Use specific examples in the text.
Essay Topic 3
The desire for change is one of the themes in Saul Bellow's novel. Herzog's letters show a desire for change both in society and in himself. Compare Herzog in the beginning, the middle or climax, and the end of the novel. How does Herzog change throughout the story? How does society change around him? Do Herzog and society change at all or do they remain the same? Use specific examples from the text in the response.
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