A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 John spend his time at the end of the chapter?

2. Whose wedding did Dave attend only weeks before?

3. Where does Kirsten decide to move to in this chapter?

4. How does the magazine celebrate the obituary issue?

5. What does Dave arrange to do with Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dave feel when he visits his old house?

2. How does Dave convince the producer he did not have a privileged upbringing?

3. What does Dave do for the front cover of the first issue?

4. Describe Dave's meeting with Sarah in Chapter 10.

5. Describe the wedding in Chapter 10.

6. What does Dave do in Chicago in Chapter 10?

7. What happens when the magazine claims Adam Rich has been murdered?

8. What is wrong with Dave at the end of Chapter 8?

9. Why are the cast members of the Real World not so welcome at the photo shoot in Chapter 7?

10. What is the misunderstanding between the Might magazine and Where in the World is Carmen San Diego in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Eggers uses other people in the story to express his ideas.

Essay Topic 2

How does Dave's obsession with death affect his life? How does he get over his obsession?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of an editor.

1) What is the role of a editor? What different kinds of editors are there?

2) How much say does an editor has with what goes into a publication?

3) In what way does Dave have the right characteristics to succeed as an editor?

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