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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 does Jack refer to his inner blackness?

2. What is Fred's main duty?

3. What is Jack's Solitaire game based on?

4. What does Jack's aunt make for dinner every Sunday night when he is a child?

5. What is the name of the girl who approaches Jack in the Cellar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raphael think about Mexico?

2. What does Ruth suggest she and Jack do while the rest of the group wanders around Washington Square Park?

3. What is so important to Jack about the date of August 22nd?

4. What happens to the group when Raphael begins playing the piano at Ehrman's house?

5. Why do some people have a hard time understanding Jack when he speaks?

6. How does the waitress at the luncheonette treat Jack?

7. Why does Mount Hozomeen become Jack's metaphor for The Void?

8. How does Jack feel about Irwin's proposed visit to Jack in Mexico?

9. Why does Jack need a ride to Mill Valley?

10. What does Jack think about the men looking at a pornographic magazine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Solitude is something that Jack often sought throughout the book. Where did he find it? How did this solitude affect his character and his relationships with the other characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Jack and his friends were setting out to revolutionize the world. Please cite examples from the text as you explain what this revolution was and the changes they planned to make in the world.

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