Humboldt's Gift Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Humboldt's Gift Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is Charlie worried Renata will do if he is locked up in jail?

2. What produces autonomous beings that appear animated, giddy, and free but in the final analysis are boring and of little relevance?

3. What offer from the movie people does Charlie turn down?

4. What does Thaxter have to tell Charlie when they meet in the Palm Court?

5. How much does Charlie tell Renata he earned for his Trenck movie rights?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Corcoran's outlook when he repeats his romantic trip with his wife?

2. Does Charlie have confidence in PIerre Thaxter's ability to get help for him while in jail?

3. Why does Charlie believe that he cannot ask Renata to accompany him and the two older men from the nursing home out to lunch?

4. As Charlie thinks about oblivion and death as being all we have to expect out of this world, what options present themselves to him in order to meet this end?

5. What is Charlie hoping to receive as he has now lived at the pension with Roger for ten weeks?

6. What is the relationship between Huggins and Charlie?

7. What is Humboldt's Uncle Waldemar afraid that Charlie might do when he is given the envelope?

8. According to Humboldt's letter to Charlie, why does Charlie figure so prominently in his obsessions?

9. What are Charlie's and Julius's feelings about death?

10. What thoughts does Charlie have during the intermission of a Christmas Pageant he is attending with his children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Seeing Section 8 as an allegory of the struggle between the creatively motivated artist and a materialist social order, what is Charlie's great sin--the one that is likely to cost him his livelihood?

What is Charlie's worth as seen by society?

Consider all that has occurred in the judge's chambers.

Essay Topic 2

Charlie's brother, Julius, is about to undergo heart surgery. He is seen as being very overweight and a keen businessman.

Compare Julius to Humboldt. Also compare their relationships with Charlie.

Essay Topic 3

Consider Demmie's character. In Section 4, she is portrayed as both the "farmer's daughter" and a young lady of breeding. How is Demmie expressed to Charlie through her sleep patterns? How many layers are there to Demmie, especially as she sleeps?

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