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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 does the Strange Man tell the Business Partner that the company must do?

2. Where does the Main Character first meet the person who dies in Chapter 1?

3. What does the Rat apologize for in his first letter to the Main Character?

4. Why does the Strange Man give the Main Character a magnifying glass?

5. What does the Main Character drink in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the sex between the Main Character and the woman with the beautiful ears important?

2. Why do the Main Character and the Business Partner disagree on the direction of their business?

3. Describe the Rat's relationship to the Main Character.

4. How does the Strange Man convince the Business Partner to meet his demands?

5. Describe the relationship between the Main Character and his ex-wife.

6. Why does the ex-wife not want the Main Character to deliver her belongings to her new home?

7. What evidence is there in Chapter 2 that the Main Character and his ex-wife still care for each other?

8. What does the way the Main Character responds to the death of his former lover in Chapter 1 reveal about him?

9. Describe the Business Partner.

10. What do the woman's beautiful ears indicate about her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Will, the Gain, and the empire define the existence of the Sheep in A Wild Sheep Chase.

1) Explain how the Will, the Gain, and the empire come into existence in the novel.

2) Explain what situations could have existed or occurred that would have prevented these things from occurring.

3) Analyze how the Will, the Gain, and the empire in the novel relate to the world you live in.

Essay Topic 2

Select three characters from the novel, and explain how each plays a significant role in the awakening and character development of the Main Character.

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism in A Wild Sheep Chase sends many messages involving themes like alienation, authority, and transformation. Select three items of symbolism and for each:

1) Describe what theme or idea they symbolize.

2) Analyze the use of that object to send a message at that point in the novel.

3) Relate the object to the author's use of surrealism in the novel.

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