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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 do the Girlfriend and the Main Character first go to plan their strategy after exiting their flight?
2. What happened to the Sheep Professor in 1935?
3. What does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road?
4. Where did the Sheep Professor once work?
5. What does the caretaker at the ranch tell the Main Character that he must do to the sheep on the day of his visit?
Short Essay Questions
1. What explanation does the Sheep Man give for the Girlfriend's disappearance?
2. Do the Girlfriend's ears help the quest while staying at the Dolphin Hotel?
3. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.
4. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?
5. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?
6. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?
7. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.
8. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?
9. Is the Sheep Man a part of the physical or the spiritual world?
10. Why is the Rat able to destroy the Sheep?
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
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
Imagine that A Wild Sheep Chase is told from a strictly historical perspective rather that with the surreal quality. In other words, that science is used to explain any mystical events in the novel. How would this impact the message of the story, the growth of the characters and the experience of the readers? Do you feel this could be effectively accomplished?
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