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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is NOT a positive personality trait associated with phlegm, and one notably absent from most of the major characters of the novel?
2. Tom Crick compares history teachers to which fictional character?
3. What do the student chant at the headmaster while he is giving his speech?
4. What is the name of the Cricks' golden retriever?
5. What does Mary tell Tom about the unborn child at the windmill?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
During his history lessons, the narrator of Graham Swift's novel Waterland, Tom Crick, stops teaching directly about the French Revolution and instead begins to tell stories about the Fenlands and about his family history. Giving specific examples from the book, explain why Tom Crick does this and what he wants to convey about the meaning of history by employing that tactic.
Essay Topic 2
Carefully consider the character of Ernest Atkinson in Graham Swift's novel Waterland. Trace the mistakes he makes that lead to his social, political, and financial decline in Gildsey and that cause catastrophe for his descendants. Finally, analyze what Ernest's life might symbolize in Tom Crick's narrative about the Fens and its people.
Essay Topic 3
Carefully consider the relationship between the characters Tom Crick and Mary Metcalf in Graham Swift's novel Waterland. Using specifics from the novel, recount the ups and downs of their relationship. What in Tom's and Mary's personalities leads to how their relationship plays out? Finally, analyze what the significance of story-telling (or its absence) is for their relationship.
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