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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 Easterner think the Swede has read?

2. What are Scully and the Swede doing when they enter the room?

3. What would getting snowed in at the hotel mean to the men?

4. What nationality is the owner of the hotel?

5. Who serves the noon day meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scully retrieve from under the bed in his room?

2. How could Scully be characterized?

3. How does the Swede behave when he rejoins the other men?

4. How does the Swede's behavior escalate into even more bizarre behavior after the men declare that they don't know why he made such a startling statement about men being killed in that room?

5. For what is Stephen Crane best known in his writing style?

6. Why is the Swede a difficult character to grasp?

7. What is the setting for THE BLUE HOTEL?

8. What is the premise of THE BLUE HOTEL?

9. Why do Stephen Crane's works enjoy such a wide and varied audience?

10. How does Johnnie react to the Swede's startling statement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the blue hotel symbolize in the story? Is there a reason Scully chose the color blue? Are there any psychological or cultural reasons for Scully's choice of color? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of men in the 1800s when the men in the play are living their adult lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century men do not have?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of alienation. Identify at least two instances about alienation in the book and then cite an examples to support your answer.

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