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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. Who also checks into the hotel along with Cyprian?
2. What happens to Dwayne when he leaves the hotel?
3. What does Kilgore bring with him to Midland City?
4. What kind of dog does Dwayne have?
5. What ethnicity is Cyprian Ukwende?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the plot of the science fiction novel Kilgore comes up with while watching films at the pornography theatre?
2. What do the illustrations in Chapter 1 do for the tone of the chapter?
3. How is the Preface in Breakfast of Champions presented in terms of genre?
4. Who asks Kilgore to be a keynote speaker and why?
5. What does Kilgore think about mirrors? What does he think they are?
6. What happens to Kilgore after he notices that a car is following him as he walks down 42nd Street?
7. What are the events given in the quick presentation of the novel?
8. What significance did Kilgore's comment in the police station end up having on the residents of NY?
9. What is the irony of Kilgore browsing in the pornography shop in New York?
10. Why does Dwayne think he is hallucinating Wayne when he first meets him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After seeing a message scrawled on the wall of the bathroom in the pornography theatre, Kilgore ponders the question at length. Discuss this scene with a clear thesis explaining why Kilgore devotes such attention to the question and how it affects him.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of Kilgore's accepting to speak at the arts festival, despite a desire to remain anonymous in his writing? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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