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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. How do the prison guards respond to Alex's complaint of harassment?

2. What is Dim good at?

3. What are the sirens for that Alex sees from the police van?

4. What excuse does Alex give his mother for not going to school?

5. How many prisoners is Alex's cell designed to hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the appearance of Dim and Billyboy add to the novel's theme of authority?

2. What kind of chair is Alex strapped into?

3. What does Alex think of Dim?

4. What does the drunk outside the Duke of New York think about the world?

5. Why is there disagreement among Alex's audience?

6. What does Alex think of F. Alexander?

7. Do you think Alex deserves the treatment he gets from his parents? Would you let him stay if you were his father or mother?

8. What happens in the dream Alex has? What does this foreshadow?

9. What kind of treatment does Alex get at the facility?

10. What do Alex and his cellmates do to the new prisoner after the guards leave? What happens to the prisoner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a short essay explaining how Alex's behavior towards his friends led to their betrayal.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that evaluates whether or not Alex can be considered a tragic hero.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining what you think Alex's life would be like if he had stayed in prison and not undergone Ludovico's Technique.

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