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

2. Who, according to I-330, can excuse D-503 from work if she asks him to?

3. What season is it when the novel begins?

4. What term does the narrator use to describe life as we currently know it?

5. What does I-330 wear when she is at the Ancient House with D-503?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does D-503 realize, for the first time, that he is jealous of other men with I-330?

3. What criminal activities does I-330 partake in when D-503 visits her room for the first time?

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

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

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

7. What does D-503 realize that his writings for the Integral have become?

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

9. What is the Gas Bell?

10. How does D-503 see his relationships with R-13 and O-90?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss clarity and irrationality as conflicting themes in the novel. What are some symbols of these concepts? How are they manifested in D-503?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the presence of two distinct "selves" within the narrator. What circumstances contribute to this division? What conflicting traits exist in him?

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