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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. Once inside the brain, the bullet is said to come "under the mediation of" what kind of "time" (35)?
2. What male figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
3. In what manner does Anders perform a particular action "through his fingers" (34)?
4. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?
5. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Wolff's purpose for describing the eyes of the man with the pistol?
2. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked the third time he is called "Bright boy" (27)?
3. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?
4. In what way does Anders react to the man with the pistol's use of 1940s slang and what is the end result?
5. What goal does Anders have in mind when staring into the eyes of the man with the pistol?
6. In what way does the narrator make a distinction between different kinds of time?
7. Wolff compares the speeds of what two objects within Paragraph 35?
8. To what question does Anders answer, "No" in Paragraph 20 before he fights to maintain decorum?
9. Describe the eyes of the man with the pistol.
10. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Wolff’s purpose for using scientific and realistic language to describe certain elements of the story, such as the path the bullet takes on its way through the protagonist’s cranium.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the reasons why "Bullet in the Brain" uses an omniscient narrator and a plot that unfolds largely in real time. What elements of the story's themes lend themselves to these choices and what are Wolff’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
What is Wolff’s message concerning the link between awe and vibrancy?
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