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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 is interesting about the object that Kidd is given?

2. What company does Richards "work" for?

3. In the public bathroom, who does Kidd find?

4. How does the cut happen?

5. Why is Kidd upset while on the job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Frank's introduction important in this part of the novel?

2. In Chapter II, what else does Kidd realize about his past?

3. What is odd about June Richards?

4. Who does Kidd meet in the first chapter of the book?

5. What is odd about the people who stay in Bellona after the event?

6. Does the reader know what is very curious about Bellona?

7. What surprises Kidd about the sample book copy?

8. Why does Kidd agree to stay at the Richards' place until Mr. Richards gets home?

9. When the woman asks Kidd if he wants to change the world, what is Kidd's answer?

10. What does Mr. Richards do everyday he "goes to work."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the girl from the woods.

What does the girl from the woods and the beginning of the story symbolize to Kidd?

Furthermore, what does this symbolize as a story arc for several of Delany's books? (Extra Credit question).

Essay Topic 2

Captain Kamp describes Bellona as being extremely similar to the moon. Once you have to ask why you are there, you should not be there anymore.

What do Captain Kamp's words mean?

Why are Captain Kamp's words about Bellona so important?

Essay Topic 3

Do women have a place in Dhalgren?

How are women used, abused, and oppressed in the novel?

Why do you think that Delany chose to view women in this light?

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