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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. Why did they have to evacuate the school?
2. What is Heinrich's mother's name?
3. When Steffie answers the phone, who wants to come over?
4. Which of the children confronts Babette directly about the medication?
5. What Asian food does Bee offer to prepare?
Short Essay Questions
1. Jack opens up Chapter 20 by listing various people's deaths and talking about how they died. Name one of them, and describe why you think Jack is listing them.
2. Describe the family lunch the Gladneys eat, in terms of who attended, what they ate and what the mood was.
3. What is Babette's attitude toward parents watching television with their children?
4. Why does Bee say that the people who crash landed went through a bad experience for nothing?
5. Why does Heinrich stay away when the family gathers to watch the sunset.
6. Heinrich is playing chess with someone through letters. Describe his opponent.
7. What is so shocking about Jack's trouble with German?
8. What is Jack's position at the college?
9. Why does Babette ask if Bee and Steffie know each other?
10. Why did Jack name Heinrich Heinrich?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Foreshadowing is an important technique. Write an essay that explains how DeLillo foreshadows the Airborne Toxic Event with a series of prior events. Describe the events and be specific about his foreshadowing technique.
Essay Topic 2
To these characters, experiences are validated by external recognition, especially media recognition. While this fixation on television and radio is tied to pop-culture consumerism, it is also a thematic fixation of this novel. Discuss why DeLillo called this book "White Noise". Be sure to include your interpretation of this phrase literally and symbolically, as well as any examples of its use in the text itself. How does it relate to the themes of the text? Is it a good title?
Essay Topic 3
Considering the first two Books of the novel, analyze the way DeLillo uses feelings of non-chalance and calm to characterize the Gladney family. Offer textual examples of how they behave during hectic, stressful, or chaotic situations and explain the fictional techniques (especially dialogue and setting) that help the author achieve this characterization.
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