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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. Where does Milton announce he wants the family to travel to?
2. What role is Callie assigned in her English class production of Antigone?
3. What was Dr. Luce's main purpose for recommending the particular treatment that he does for Callie?
4. Which of the following does NOT occur at the hunting lodge?
5. Why does the man who claims to have Callie want Milton to negotiate a ransom price with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast Milton's and Chapter Eleven's views on the Vietnam War.
2. Describe Dr. Luce's office.
3. How do Milton and Chapter Eleven attempt to "bury the hatchet" when Chapter Eleven returns home to support his parents following Callie's disappearance?
4. Why does Callie not discover her hermaphroditism in this chapter?
5. What does Callie notice in Miss Grotowski's math class that makes her question her own physical development?
6. What does Desdemona reveal to Cal when he returns home?
7. Describe the Baker-Inglis English class production of Antigone.
8. Why does Cal decide not to go to Milton's funeral?
9. Why does Father Mike pretend to be Callie's kidnapper?
10. Describe Meg Zemka's personality.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides weaves actual events from history (Turkish and American) into his fictional story. Select one of the situations where he places his characters within a real historical context and:
1) Describe the historical context of the scene or chapter (i.e. What actually happened in history that Eugenides uses in the book?).
2) Discuss the relationship between the historical context and the fictional story of the Stephanides family. What does this piece of history have to do with the family's life? Why does Eugenides choose to place these characters at this particular point in the story in this particular historical context?
Essay Topic 2
Secrets play a major role in Middlesex. Discuss and analyze three secrets in the novel by:
1) Describing what is being kept a secret and why.
2) The impact of the secrets on the characters and plot of the story.
3) The commentary that the author is trying to make about secrets based on these examples.
Essay Topic 3
Middlesex looks at the relationship between gender and physical sex (i.e. male or female body parts and hormones). Discuss what the novel says about:
1) the relationship between the two. Are they always the same or different? Why?
2) what influences gender? Is physical sex the only thing that determines gender? What else influences gender?
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas. Then comment on the novel's view points. Do you agree or disagree with what the novel says about the relationship between gender and physical sex? Why or why not?
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