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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 Robert's first reaction when Margot asks him if he wants to "get out of here" (85)?

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

3. What emotion does Margot feel as she tells Robert that she likes his house?

4. What comment of Margot's causes Robert to say that they will take it slow?

5. What is NOT an action Robert takes as part of his protective reaction to Margot's tears?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what type of thinking does Margot engage when she can "hardly admit to herself" (89) that she is doing it?

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

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

4. What are the reasons why Margot goes ahead with sex with Robert?

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

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

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

8. Conjuring what image causes Margot's revulsion to turn to "self-disgust and humiliation" (91)?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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?

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