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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 term refers to the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative?

2. What is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as"?

3. Philip Twinings takes the microphone away from one man during the interviews in Chapter 28, claiming what?

4. What is the name of the horse that Luke goes to tend in Chapter 21?

5. In Chapter 24, Luke remembers when he first came to the building that is Population Police Headquarters, it was the home of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Luke recognize being interviewed on the news in Chapter 23? Where does he know this person from?

2. How is the public being lied to by the new leaders, as illustrated in Chapter 27?

3. What does Luke initially do in order to try to sway the public in Chapter 29? Why?

4. Why does Luke struggle with his identity in Chapter 20?

5. How does the author describe the scene at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 20?

6. How is the dichotomy of Oscar illustrated in Chapter 25? What is foreshadowed in the chapter?

7. How are Oscar and the boy from Chiutza similar? How is this illustrated in Chapter 29?

8. What does Luke attempt to convince himself in Chapter 26? What lends doubt to this thought?

9. Who comes to join Luke in tearing down the signs in Chapter 33? What signs of hope does Luke point out?

10. What is symbolized by the change in the weather in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the theme of freedom in the novel. What does freedom mean to Luke? What does it mean to the villagers? What internal conflicts does Luke face in Chapter 20 in regards to freedom and its meaning? How has Luke's vision of freedom changed by the end of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Aldous Krakenaur in the narrative. How is Aldous Krakenaur depicted by the author? How is he regarded by Luke? What power does Luke realize Aldous Krakenaur still has in Chapter 26? What happens to Krakenaur at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Luke's history with the Grant family. What caused the Grant family's home to be transformed into the Population Police Headquarters? Where are the Grants now in the novel? What does Luke discover in the former Grant home in Chapter 24? What is foreshadowed in this chapter?

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