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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who joins the woman on the beach?

2. Who does the narrator think are the caretakers of the insane asylum?

3. Which two people are absent from the meeting?

4. Morel compares his invention to what?

5. Why does the narrator want to expose the machine to the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is it strange that the people come back to the island? How does the story change when the people return?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator work out that the people he is seeing are images? Why does the fact that Faustine is an image not change the narrator's thoughts towards her?

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