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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 writing on the bathroom wall say?
2. Why is Dwayne's wife dead?
3. How much is the check for that is enclosed in the letter that Kilgore receives?
4. Why does Wayne Hoobler accost Dwayne at the car dealership?
5. Where does Kilgore travel to at the beginning of Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kilgore's reason for accepting the invitation to speak at the arts festival?
2. What is one of the boring topics that Kilgore and the driver talk about when they go through Philadelphia?
3. What is the reason for The Narrator saying his name is Philboyd Studge?
4. Who are the two principle characters of the novel and how are they presented in Chapter 1?
5. How does The Narrator's childhood fear of diseases play into the novel?
6. How did Celia, Dwayne's wife, kill herself?
7. What are the events given in the quick presentation of the novel?
8. What is the plot of the science fiction novel Kilgore comes up with while watching films at the pornography theatre?
9. What is the irony of Kilgore browsing in the pornography shop in New York?
10. What is the difference between Dwayne's personal life and business life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 22, The Narrator decides to speed up the pace of the narrative. What does he do in order to accomplish this? Does it in any way contradict his previous claim of all characters and details being of equal importance? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Does Breakfast of Champions have a conclusion? Is it an unfulfilled conclusion? Is there no conclusion at all? Support you answer with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
After Dwayne's fateful reading of Kilgore's Now It Can Be Told, he accosts numerous people in a violent rampage. Relate what is known about the plot of Kilgore's novel and how it affects Dwayne who is in a critical mental state. Assess the plot of Kilgore's novel and how Dwayne interprets it in order to explain why Dwayne embarks on his rampage after reading it.
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