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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. Which of the following does the narrator encounter for sale along her route to her lodgings?

2. What Ministry do those in Guyenne regard as opponents?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare Lucien?

4. What language does the narrator speak?

5. To whom does the narrator compare Pascal before meeting him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator justify shoplifting?

2. What does the narrator posit is the downside of having quick reflexes?

3. To what does the narrator ascribe Bruno’s use of italics?

4. What does the narrator note is the trick of riding backwards?

5. Why does Serge agree to work for Lucien?

6. For what is the phrase “reabsorbed into the greater chain of being” (108) a euphemism?

7. What is eau-de-vie?

8. How does the narrator regard having a good accent?

9. What does the narrator say about beauty?

10. Why does the narrator posit Platon’s chauffeur despises him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Creation Lake? By which groups? Why?

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