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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. Where does the narrator describe attending a wedding in Chapter 7?

2. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?

3. What is the dish soap that James Yoon is known for promoting in television commercials?

4. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?

5. Where is Asia Soo's father from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator become involved in the production of the film The Hamlet?

2. Where are the Vietnamese refugees taken after arriving in America in Chapter 4?

3. What does the narrator fear when he is called in to speak with the General at the opening of the store in Chapter 5? Why?

4. Who is Bon and what is his relationship to the narrator?

5. How would you describe the narrator's relationship with the Auteur?

6. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

7. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?

8. How is the theme of duality introduced in Chapter 1?

9. How would you describe the narrator and protagonist of The Sympathizer?

10. What is the narrator's relationship to the General?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the General respond when he discovers the courtship between the narrator and Lana? How does the narrator feel about the General's response? How does Madame feel about the situation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator's relationship with the General. For how long has he worked for the General? What kind of relationship do they have? How does the narrator feel about Madame?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the assassination of the crapulent major. What leads the General to order his murder? Who assists the narrator in committing the execution? Why? How does the narrator feel about this action?

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