View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Margot and Robert get into the car, he tells her that he is taking her to what location?

2. Who had written a card to Margot commemorating the loss of Margot's virginity?

3. With what kind of motion does Robert approach Margot for their first kiss, according to Margot?

4. How does Margot come to fall off of Robert's lap inside his car?

5. What word does Margot use to describe the series of actions into which Robert launches when he sees her about to cry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Margot feels that Robert's jokes about which aspect of her personality are unfair?

3. What action does Margot take that radically changes Robert's demeanor outside of the underground bar?

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

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

6. What element of sex does Margot realize she loves most?

7. What two competing emotions does Margot feel when Robert kisses her for the first time?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Tamara's character within the story? Discuss the characterization methods used by Roupenian in depicting Margot’s roommate Tamara and include in your discussion the reasons why Roupenian portrays Tamara in these particular ways.

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 968 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample