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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. Which of the following is NOT something revealed in one of Stephen's notebooks?

2. What does the person in #135 tell Elizabeth about Stephen?

3. What does Isabelle do after Stephen leaves?

4. Elizabeth asks her mother about her father's papers because she is interested in ____________________.

5. Where does Stephen visit Jeanne?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeanne hope to help Stephen who admits that he has lost reality?

2. Who is the German officer who tries to locate Stephen and what has alerted him to his location in the tunnel?

3. How does Stephen behave with Jeanne that shows he still loves Isabelle and that the war has affected his mental state?

4. Isabelle is in love with Max, but in what way does her love for Stephen exist?

5. How does Jeanne make Stephen feel when he visits her?

6. What accounts for Stephen's indifference when he returns to the Front in 1918 France?

7. What unusual relationship develops between Stephen and Levi?

8. What does Colonel Gray tell Elizabeth about Stephen when she is able to locate him?

9. What does Weir's worry about a pending attack foreshadow?

10. Who is Jeanne Fourmentier and in what circumstances does Stephen encounter her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years after the birth of Elizabeth's child and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Elizabeth, John, Robert, and Francoise. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Survival seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of survival? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 3

Sebastian Faulks is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony. Briefly describe each example and identify the technique which they embody.

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