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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. Who tries to apprehend Lila Mae before she leaves the Follies?

2. What does Marie Claire reveal in Up: Part Two about the Black Box?

3. Who does Lila Mae discover is following her after leaving Intuitionist House?

4. How does Lila Mae escape the Lift offices in Up: Part One?

5. What does Lila Mae wonder if Natchez and Reed had lied to her about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marie Claire explain to Lila Mae in Up: Part Two?

2. What project has Lila Mae embarked on at the end of the novel?

3. What favor does Lila Mae ask of Chuck Gould?

4. What is Lila Mae planning to do what she finishes the plans?

5. After seeing Marie Claire in Up: Part Two, where does Lila Mae go?

6. How does Lila Mae get into the Lift magazine offices?

7. Who had really sent out the pages from Fulton's journals, as revealed in Up: Part Two?

8. Where does Lila Mae go after leaving Intuitionist House?

9. What does Lila Mae do in the Lift offices?

10. Where does Lila Mae hide after fleeing Urich's office in Up:Part One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the "dilemma of the phantom passenger." What is the philosophical problem presented by this dilemma and why does the author choose to include it?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the theme of Appearance vs. Reality in the novel. What characters and plot elements are not what they initially appear to be? How do the revelations of the truth about these characters and elements help develop the themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the character of Marie Claire Rogers. Marie Claire is the only other woman besides Lila Mae who plays a significant part in the novel. How does Marie Claire connect with the issues of racism, sexism, and power? How does she subvert exceptions? How does she serve as a symbolic counterpoint to Lila Mae?

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