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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. Who starts speaking to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38?

2. What fantasy does the man have as he is cooking dinner in Chapter 35?

3. What does the caretaker at the ranch tell the Main Character that he must do to the sheep on the day of his visit?

4. What strategy do the Girlfriend and the Main Character come up with for hunting the sheep?

5. Who arrives at the villa and tells the Main Character that he has behaved selfishly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

2. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

3. Is the Sheep Man a part of the physical or the spiritual world?

4. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?

5. Why does the Main Character feel that he is being used as a pawn?

6. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.

7. Why is the Sheep able to control the Rat?

8. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?

9. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

10. Describe the Dolphin Hotel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The labels used instead of names send strong messages about the characters in A Wild Sheep Chase. Select three characters and analyze the message sent by the label given by the author. Explain how the story would be different if names were used.

Essay Topic 2

Both the Rat and the Main Character are weak men who undergo transformations during the story.

1) By the end of A Wild Sheep Chase, do you consider the Main Character or the Rat to be the better person?

2) Which character undergoes the greater transformation?

3) If the Rat had come out of this situation alive, what do you think his relationship to the Main Character would be like?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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