The New York Trilogy Test | Final Test - Hard

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The New York Trilogy Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 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 Fanshawe do two months after his sister has her first breakdown?

2. The images of which two historical figures are inspirational to Blue when he visits the churchyard?

3. Which of Fanshawe's friends from Harvard had his father arranged for Fanshawe's job on an oil tanker?

4. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?

5. What are the two nicknames by which Fanshawe was known on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What initiates the argument between Sophie and the narrator at the end of Chapter 7? What is the status of their relationship when the narrator leaves for Paris?

2. According to the narrator's recollection, why does Fanshawe give his birthday gift to Dennis Walden? What is the outcome and why is this incident significant for the narrator?

3. When Blue enters Black's apartment disguised as the Fuller Brush man, what does Black tell Blue his profession is? When Blue later breaks into Black's apartment and steals the papers from his desk, what does he find them to contain?

4. What is the person who comes to collect Blue's report at the Brooklyn Post Office wearing? What does Blue do when he sees this person?

5. During their second conversation, what is Black's response when Blue asks him if the man he watches knows he is being watched? How does Black justify his answer?

6. When the narrator agrees to Stuart Green's project, what does he decide he will have to be deceitful about? How does this change the work he has been commissioned to do?

7. Why does the narrator struggle with showing Fanshawe's letter to Sophie? What does he do instead?

8. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?

9. What does Jane Fanshawe do after lunch? What does the narrator think motivates this act?

10. What is difficult for Blue about writing the monthly reports of Black's activities for White to read? What does he want to include in the reports to make them more truthful?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fate is a significant theme in City of Glass. Give two examples of coincidences that Quinn attributes to fate. How does fate as an explanation justify Quinn's actions?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout The New York Trilogy, writers and detectives are constantly confused. Writers become detectives and detectives become writers and readers. Give two examples of this concept and then compare and contrast the two professions. How are language and action important in both?

Essay Topic 3

Authorship and authority are major themes in City of Glass. Compare the role of Cid Hamete Benengeli in Don Quixote to the role of Quinn in City of Glass. How do these fictional sources reinforce the author's ethos in each case?

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