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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 does the narrator get the sense that most people want her to do in the wake of Felix's death?

2. What does the narrator's waiter bring her and her boyfriend as a result of his lie about her?

3. Why does the narrator Google Felix's name?

4. What is the title of the narrator's boyfriend's account that he posts conspiracy theories on?

5. What is one possible explanation the narrator entertains for why Felix seems to interested in her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator find out about Felix's posting conspiracy theories?

2. Where does the narrator meet Felix and what does she think of him at first?

3. How does Felix tell the narrator he feels about America?

4. What does the narrator do on the morning after her last date with Felix?

5. What is unusual about the narrator's first conversation with Felix?

6. Who approaches the narrator repeatedly when she goes to buy breakfast ingredients, and what does this person do to her?

7. Who does the narrator sometimes refer to, almost as a type of Greek Chorus, and what does this group's purpose seem to be?

8. How does the narrator react to finding out about Felix's conspiracy theory postings?

9. How does the narrator feel about the Women's March once she is there?

10. What does the narrator often hear, as a generality, that her generation values?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Oyler is trying to communicate throughout this novel about the effects of social media on our perceptions of truth and on one's sense of self and self-identity? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator decide, ultimately, to go to Berlin on an open-ended timeline following Felix's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the narrator's complicated range of feelings about social media, and about her own use and dependence of/on it, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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