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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 is Stephen doing in France in 1917?

2. What does Stephen promise the German soldier who rescues him?

3. To whom does Stephen write daily?

4. What does Stephen promise Jack when he is trapped in the tunnel?

5. What does Stephen do when he realizes that his rescuer is a German soldier?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance when he visit her during his leave?

4. What shocks Stephen about Isabelle's appearance and what secret does she withhold from him?

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

6. What does Stephen do on his leave in England?

7. Who is Elizabeth and why does she have an interest in learning about her family's history?

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

9. Why is Elizabeth unable to read her grandfather's notebooks found in her mother's attic?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 2

Develop a character study of Stephen. What are his physical traits? What motivates him? What are his personal characteristics? What else can you say about Stephen?

Essay Topic 3

What is the nature of Stephen's anguish related to World War I? What impact did the war have on Stephen physically and emotionally?

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