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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. In what manner does Robert tell Margot to remove her bra?

2. With how many men had Margot been naked before her encounter with Robert?

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

4. How many beers has Margot had when she starts thinking about what it might be like to have sex with Robert?

5. What does Margot notice about the posters on Robert's walls?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the first kiss between Margot and Robert.

5. What method does Margot use in order to "bludgeon her resistance into submission" (88)?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Robert react when Margot is rejected at entrance to the underground bar?

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 the ways in which the story “Cat Person” displays the qualities of a Postmodern work of literature.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Roupenian's choice to tell the story of "Cat Person" using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the story's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Roupenian’s intended effects on the reader?

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