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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 the first pet name Robert uses for Margot?

2. What does Robert do when he has finished kissing Margot outside of the underground bar?

3. What kind of kiss does Robert give Margot before telling her that she is drunk and that he is taking her home?

4. What is Margot's response when Robert asks if she has ever had sex before?

5. Robert gets into what position before opening up his laptop in his bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one particular action of Margot's cause a marked change in Robert's mood?

2. Describe the bar where Robert takes Margot after kissing her for the first time.

3. How does the theme of deception enter the narrative?

4. What are the exact details that Margot notices just before deciding (privately) that she does not want to have sex with Robert?

5. What are Margot's hypotheses about why Robert seems much more relaxed once they are the bar?

6. What marked difference does Margot see between the experience with Robert and her previous sexual experiences?

7. What is it about Robert's house that seems safe to Margot?

8. In what kinds of behaviors does Margot engage that appear to have a "palpable and immediate effect on him" (85)?

9. By her third beer, Margot is said to be thinking about what subject?

10. Describe Margot's fantasy about her future boyfriend.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Roupenian send about clear communication and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Roupenian’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of "Cat Person."

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of Margot’s character throughout the story "Cat Person." Discuss whether Margot is a round or flat character and whether Margot is a static or dynamic character.

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