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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 action does Robert take when Margot suggests she and Robert go to her usual bar?

2. Who makes the decision that results in Margot being rejected from the bar?

3. When Margot returns from winter break, she finds Robert to be what?

4. The person who makes the decision that results in Margot's rejection takes what action as he does it?

5. While home for winter break, Margot jokingly tells her family that she and Robert are going to take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What positive and negative qualities does Margot notice about Robert the very first time she sees him?

2. How does Margot's relationship with Robert change over her winter break?

3. When Margot and Robert first strike up a texting correspondence, what is and is not part of their exchanges?

4. Describe Margot's stepfather.

5. What are Margot's intentions when she comments on Robert's choice of candy?

6. What items does Robert buy for Margot at the 7-11?

7. The second time Margot sees Robert, what backhanded compliment does he give her?

8. Describe the protagonist of the story "Cat Person."

9. For what reason does Margot want to see the movie at the multiplex, rather than at the art house theater?

10. Before five minutes have passed in the car on the way to the multiplex, Margot is feeling what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Roupenian’s story "Cat Person." What message is Roupenian sending about these two themes over the course of the story’s narrative?

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Roupenian’s story "Cat Person." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within "Cat Person" and what is Roupenian’s message regarding these themes?

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