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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 happens after Robert realizes that the vampires are basically immune to his latest weapon in Part I, Chapter 5?
2. Robert resolves to either figure out how to defeat the vampires or ______________________.
3. In Part II, Chapter 8, Ben reminds Robert of what character?
4. What does Robert read about to continue his investigation into vampires?
5. What was the melody played by Ben's door chimes?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part I, Chapter 6, what does Robert's new mural represent?
2. Describe Robert's efforts to get in his house after his watch stops in Part I, Chapter 5.
3. Describe Robert Neville as he is introduced to the reader in Part I, Chapter I.
4. In Part II, Chapter 10, when Robert realizes that his isolated experiments are useless and he needs to study the problem scientifically, where does he go, and what does he do there?
5. In Part I, Chapter 2, Robert makes a kind of "schedule" for his day. Why is this an important step for Robert?
6. What is allyl sulphide, and how is it prepared?
7. Robert mulls over the ways vampires "die" for the final time. Describe some of the forms these deaths take and Robert's suppositions about why there are different ways of dying for vampires.
8. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does Robert do for recreation?
9. Robert is reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. His attention is drawn by the quote, "The strength of the vampire is that no one will believe in him." What do you think Stoker meant by this quote, and why does it seem preposterous to Robert in his present situation?
10. When Robert recalls the past in Part I, Chapter 6, what does he remember?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Ben and Robert's relationship before Ben becomes a vampire. Describe Ben and Robert's relationship right after Ben becomes a vampire. Describe Ben and Robert's relationship later in the novel. How does the relationship change? Is there anything about it that remains the same? Compare and contrast these three stages in Ben and Robert's relationship.
Essay Topic 2
When Robert meets Ruth, he is wary and has not even the slightest interest in her romantically. Do you think Robert's trust in humans is permanently damaged? He doesn't seem to know whom to trust, if anyone. How do you think he might recover that trust?
Essay Topic 3
Robert's "germ theory" goes a long way to explain a lot about the vampires, but it doesn't answer everything. How does Robert think the disease spread? Is this a valid hypothesis? Why or why not? Could there be other ways the disease could spread? If so, give some examples. If not, explain why you think Robert's idea is the only valid way the disease could spread. Why is this theory important to the novel?
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