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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. At what age does Caleb die?
2. What part or parts of Jude's body are made up largely of scar tissue?
3. Who feels jealous of Willem for his fame as an actor?
4. Once Jude and Caleb begin dating, Caleb forbids Jude to take what action when Caleb is around?
5. Which family members of Caleb's does he say had been ill and had not wanted to get better?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Jude liken Caleb to Brother Luke?
2. How is foreshadowing used within Harold's discussion of Jude's skills as a lawyer?
3. In what way does Willem depend on Jude?
4. Harold reveals that he had first learned about Jude's rituals of self-harm in what manner?
5. At what aspect of Jude's presence in the courtroom does Harold marvel and why?
6. What happens to nullify Jude's chosen method of coping with the trauma inflicted by Caleb?
7. What is ironic about the mistaken identity of the person Jude hallucinates is trying to hurt him?
8. How does the motif of dreams appear within Harold's characterization?
9. Who is Dr. Traylor?
10. Characterize Willem's passion for acting.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Yanagihara send within the pages of A Little Life concerning the link between guilt and responsibility?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. What message is Yanagihara sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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