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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard begin to appreciate as he continues to work with Helen?

2. Why did Richard fall in love with C.?

3. How does Richard describe the experiment with Helen to A.?

4. What did Richard's letters to C. contain?

5. How was C. different in the Netherlands than she was in the U.S.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helen shuts herself down in defiance of a world she does not feel at home in. Is "Galatea 2.2" a book about being out of one's element? How is this feeling presented throughout the novel, and what possible antidotes are there for it?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How are Richard's and Helen's experiences parallel, insofar as Richard struggled with Dutch, and struggled to find a language he and C. could speak together in their relationship, and Helen struggles to generate analysis of literature? How are they similar? How are they different?

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