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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 NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?
2. The man with the pistol uses what object to finally direct Anders's gaze toward the bank ceiling?
3. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?
4. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the second time?
5. What verb is used to describe the way in which the bullet travels through Anders's brain?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Anders react to the man with the pistol's use of 1940s slang and what is the end result?
2. Describe the eyes of the man with the pistol.
3. What is Wolff's purpose for describing the eyes of the man with the pistol?
4. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?
5. What factors lead to the memory from "forty years past" (35) being called up rather than another memory?
6. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?
7. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?
8. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.
9. What evidence is there to suggest that Anders does recognize positive aspects of even art he considers subpar?
10. The man with the pistol wonders aloud if Anders views him in what way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Anders’ fascination with language throughout the story and trace how his relationship to language changes over the course of his life.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Wolff’s story "Bullet in the Brain" and one of the story's main messages. How does Wolff make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help Wolff get across one main message of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Wolff’s messages about self-control within the story “Bullet in the Brain.” Focus on elements of the story such as Anders’s inability to keep himself from laughing at the bank robbers’ cliched language.
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