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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 Richard worried about after his lunch with Philip Lentz and the others?

2. Where does Richard try to draw stories out of people?

3. How does Richard act on his decision?

4. What does Richard do at his office night?

5. What causes Richard to threaten to leave Philip Lentz's project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Philip Lentz and Richard.

2. What were Richard's first few months in the Netherlands like with C.?

3. What story does Harold Plover tell Richard about his daughters' language acquisition?

4. What are Richard's thoughts about letting Lentz 'cut into' Helen?

5. How does Richard Powers use flashbacks in his narrative?

6. What does Richard say about writing students in general?

7. Who is C.? Describe Richard's relationship with her.

8. What was happening with Richard and C. at the time that Richard published his first book?

9. How does Richard think about the stories he wrote while he was with C.?

10. What does Richard remember about meeting C., in section II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Lentz become a replacement for C.? How does Lentz call out the same struggles and aspects of Richard's personality that had been called out in Richard's relationship with C.? Alternatively, does Helen become a replacement for C. and how does "she" call out the same struggles Richard had been engaged in with C.?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Lentz driven to cut into Helen, and why is Richard ultimately resigned to allow him to? Why do men have to kill, or at least pry into, the things they create and come to love?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of "Galatea 2.2". Did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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