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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 type of coin does Tom Benecke use in an attempt to break his living room window?
2. When he realizes that no one below has heard his cries, Tom Benecke feels that he has to try what?
3. What verb is used to describe the plan Tom Benecke forms for the moment he is back inside his apartment?
4. What does Tom Benecke shout when he is trying to get the attention of passersby below?
5. In what way must Tom Benecke look at the windows of the apartment building across the street?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Finney's purpose for allowing Tom Benecke's shouts for help to go unanswered?
2. What is Tom Benecke's reaction when he looks down?
3. What object does Tom Benecke spit out within the story?
4. What conclusion does Tom Benecke reach about the act of looking down?
5. Imagining what scene causes Tom Benecke to lose his feelings of calm as he looks through his apartment window?
6. What is Tom Benecke's estimate about when his wife Clare Benecke will likely return home?
7. What element of the movement inside Tom Benecke's apartment shocks him?
8. What objects does Tom Benecke use in an attempt to break the window?
9. For what reasons does Tom Benecke finally decide that he cannot possibly wait on the ledge until Clare Benecke returns home?
10. What is the significance of Tom Benecke's act of spitting out the object that is in his mouth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Jack Finney's story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Jack Finney's story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket," and what is the Finney's message regarding these themes?
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