The Quiet American Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 160 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Quiet American Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 160 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 does Fowler think is Pyle's obsession?

2. What does Miss Hei want from Fowler?

3. What rather obnoxious person comes to the table where Fowler, Joe the Attache, Pyle, and Phuong are seated?

4. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?

5. What does Fowler tell Pyle to do so that the girls will stop mobbing him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Fowler do to get Pyle out of the House of the Five Hundred Girls?

2. What signifies a difference in dress between the South and the North of Vietnam?

3. Tell of Alden Pyle's fascination with York Harding.

4. Describe the old women on the street near Thomas Fowler's apartment.

5. What is the strange scene when Phuong comes in while Pyle is still there?

6. Incredibly, what does Pyle ask Fowler to do?

7. What is it about Pyle that Fowler cannot put into his cable to his newspaper?

8. Why does it take Fowler three weeks to get back to Saigon?

9. The morning after Pyle's murder, what is Phuong's concern?

10. What information does Phuong give Fowler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granger typifies the concept of the ugly American. Write a paper explaining what that means and how Granger is a perfect example. To write this paper you must put yourself in the shoes of people from another culture. Americans abroad often adopt the attitude that because they enjoy so many freedoms at home, they should be treated deferentially abroad. Compare Granger's attitude toward not getting straight answers to Fowler's not even bothering to write a story he knows will not get past the censors.

Essay Topic 2

Pyle was idealistic and inexperienced. Write a paper expressing your opinion about the dangers of such a combination in someone who has the power to do great harm. In your paper, use the naivete of Pyle as he overlooks the sarcasm and below the surface animosity of Fowler in the battle over Phuong. He seems to be a person who expects everyone to tell the truth all the time. Compare how upset he is with Fowler's lies and his belief that General The would not have exploded the bomb knowing that the parade had been canceled.

Essay Topic 3

In Asian culture, younger siblings are expected to follow the wishes of their elders. Write a paper about Miss Hei's involvement in having Phuong move in with Pyle. Discuss how the question of Fowler's age was never a consideration. Miss Hei is acting as a matchmaker on behalf of her sister and her primary consideration is financial security. With what you know about Fowler and Pyle, all things being equal, is one better able to provide for Phuong than the other? Explain your answer in depth.

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