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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. Before Connell meets Jamie, Marianne gives Connell what instruction?
2. What is the first emotion Connell feels when Marianne confesses that Jamie has certain proclivities?
3. What object does Rooney use in a metaphor describing the significance of the scholarship in Connell's life?
4. What is the first emotion Marianne feels when she hears about Miss Neary's unwanted sexual contact toward Connell?
5. Helen tells Connell that his Sligo accent is what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What simile does Rooney use to describe Connell's feelings about writing and why?
2. Describe Helen's impressions of Marianne.
3. What are Connell's impressions of Alan and from whence do these impressions emerge?
4. For what reason does Connell procrastinate when enacting his back-up plan for summer housing?
5. How does Connell react to the split between him and Marianne and how does Marianne handle it?
6. What aspect of Connell and Marianne's high school relationship remains intact in their adult relationship?
7. How do Connell and Marianne come to meet up in Europe during the summer of 2013?
8. Discuss Rooney's use of a literary device to depict, foreshadow, or imply violence.
9. What happens to prevent Connell from enacting his plan to stay in Dublin over the summer?
10. What is Connell doing in July of 2013?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Normal People and one of the novel's main messages. How does Rooney make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Rooney’s focus on the theme of control in Normal People. What message is Rooney sending about the desire to control and to be controlled?
Essay Topic 3
Provide a thorough analysis of the denouement of Rooney's novel Normal People.
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