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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 do Bobby, Carriscant, and some policemen do?
2. About what do Carriscant and Wieland argue?
3. What does Carriscant tell Sieverance?
4. What is the real reason Carriscant visits Bobby?
5. What is Cruz's ward like when Carriscant visits it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Bobby and Carriscant discuss about the recent murder?
2. Whom does Carriscant contact about a black market engine and why does Panteleon want an engine on the black market?
3. How does Annaliese become pregnant with Kay?
4. What does Carriscant say about possible motives for the death of the soldiers?
5. Why does Carriscant start a fire in Sieverance's shed?
6. What happens when Carriscant meets Delphine and why does she reject him?
7. How does Carriscant manage to see Delphine alone for a few minutes?
8. What happens one day when Carriscant begins to fantasize about Delphine?
9. What does Cruz show Carriscant in Cruz's operating room and what does Carriscant think of what he is seeing?
10. Who calls in Carriscant to examine his ill wife?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are many questions left with no definite answers in The Blue Afternoon. Discuss the following:
1. What are two questions left with no answers that you would have liked to know? Why? Use examples from your life and The Blue Afternoon to support your discussion.
2. Discuss, in depths, why you think Boyd left so many questions. Use examples from your life and The Blue Afternoon to support your discussion.
3. Do you think a novel should tie up all loose ends and answer all questions? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and The Blue Afternoon to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of truth in The Blue Afternoon. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of love in The Blue Afternoon. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of illusions and beliefs in The Blue Afternoon. What are some of the beliefs the characters hold that may be illusions? How does denial fit in with the theme of illusions and beliefs? How do false beliefs shape some of the characters' lives?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Blue Afternoon, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Blue Afternoon. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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