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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. Whom does Andy name as a man whose manner makes it easy for one to imagine him as a boy?
2. What allusion is being used within Dr. Vogel's psychiatric diagnosis of Jacob?
3. In addition to the 12 jurors chosen for the jury, how many alternates are chosen?
4. Dr. Vogel pronounces that Jacob's what is not "at the same level as his peers" (295)?
5. Sarah tells Andy that she bets Andy had had a really good what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the symbolism of the chain on the Yoo family's door?
2. When Andy loses his temper while testifying in front of the grand jury, Neal uses the episode as a way to comment on Andy's relationship with control. What does Neal say?
3. Describe details about the mysterious car that Andy believes is following him at a certain point in the narrative.
4. What does Andy state about a prosecutor's feelings about the internet?
5. What element of Laurie does Andy say never ages?
6. Describe the symptoms Andy describes as being associated with his "familiar battlefield euphoria" (243) going into Jacob's trial.
7. Andy becomes enraged when the psychiatrist, Dr. Vogel, asks Andy for what item?
8. Once Andy agrees to provide Dr. Vogel with the item she requests, what new task does she put in front of Andy?
9. How does Dr. Vogel's psychiatric report use allusion to outline her final findings?
10. In what ways do classmates of Jacob's express to Andy their thoughts about Jacob's true nature?
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 William Landay's novel Defending Jacob.
Essay Topic 2
Read the Praise for the Novel section included within Defending Jacob or find on your own a few critical essays that discuss the novel. Make a list of all of the different genres named by different critics of the novel. With which genre determination do you agree and why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the themes of truth and lies are interwoven within the novel’s narrative.
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