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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 unexpected visitor leave behind in Chapter 3?
2. What symptoms does the Boss exhibit of the brain cyst and the required medications?
3. What does the Main Character tell the Business Partner he must do in Chapter 23?
4. Who is the second person that the Main Character tries to phone after Limo Driver on his return from the Boss's home?
5. What does the Main Character see upon arriving home in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What evidence is there in Chapter 2 that the Main Character and his ex-wife still care for each other?
2. Describe the Business Partner.
3. Is the Girlfriend a passive person?
4. What is the importance of the slip in Chapter 3?
5. Does the Main Character care about the future of the Business Partner?
6. Why are sheep important in Japan's history?
7. Why do the Main Character and the Business Partner disagree on the direction of their business?
8. Describe the relationship between the Main Character and his ex-wife.
9. How does the Strange Man convince the Business Partner to meet his demands?
10. Why does the ex-wife not want the Main Character to deliver her belongings to her new home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is it the isolation or the passivity of humans that makes it easiest for the Sheep to control humans? Explain with numerous examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 28, the Caretaker tells the Main Character that is easy to care for 200 sheep because they are cooperative and want to be led. How does this statement work as a metaphor for the mediocrity of humanity in A Wild Sheep Chase? Write an analytical response using support from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
The surreal quality of A Wild Sheep Chase is at times enhanced and at times contradicted by the use of setting in the novel. Select two settings that play an important role to the creation of the surreal feeling of the story. Compare and contrast them.
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