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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 shape do I-330's eyebrows make?

2. What color is the liqueur that I-330 drinks?

3. What do the citizens of the One State call their uniforms?

4. Who tells D-503 about the man who is caught without a number?

5. Which of these things is not present in D-503's dreams when he has them for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator mean when he refers to his "shaggy self?"

2. What secret does D-503 discover about the Ancient House when he visits it alone?

3. What is the significance of pink coupons in the One State?

4. What images does D-503 see when he dreams for the first time in his life?

5. What is the fate of the criminal whose sentencing the whole One State attends?

6. How does the narrator describe the men working on the construction of the Integral?

7. What is the nature of D-503's illness, according to the doctor at the Medical Office?

8. What is written in the first letter that D-503 receives?

9. How does the narrator describe the character known as O-90?

10. What is the narrator's purpose for writing the narrative that makes up "We"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the format in which "We" is written enhance the story? Do we learn more about the events and/or characters through the journal format? How?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how all the characters in "We" are connected. Who is connected by choice? By duty? By passion? Who feels obligated to protect whom?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss plot vs. narrative in the novel. How do we learn more about the themes, symbols, etc. of the story? Through action? From the narrator's assessment of action?

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