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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 narrator wear as she walks down the street?

2. What was Mr. Thabane's profession?

3. How long does it take for the pharmacy to deliver the narrator's new medication?

4. Why does Vercueil go into the store?

5. What happened on Government Avenue in the narrator's dream in Part four?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator notice when passing by Florence's room in Part Three, p. 147-176?

2. What is playing on the television when Mr. Vercueil brings the television into the room?

3. What does Mrs. Curren do when Mr. Vercueil is not looking?

4. What does Mrs. Curren tell the police when under medication?

5. Who does Florence dress as at the start of Part Four?

6. What is the narrator told when she asks who is responsible?

7. What happens the morning the doorbell rings repeatedly?

8. How is Mr. Vercueil different at the start of Part Three, pg. 115-147?

9. What advice does the narrator offer to Mr. Thabane?

10. What has Mr. Vercueil become interested in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the names, Hope and Beauty, Florence's daughters and how these names are used as an allegory in "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why Coetzee chose to use first person and a narrator to tell the story in the "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Florence's reaction to Mr. Vercueil and compare it with Mrs. Curren's reaction to him.

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