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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 say Lentz has left behind him?

2. What was the lovemaking like at the end of Richard's relationship with C.?

3. What does Richard say writers should never hope to do?

4. Though he finds it easier to talk to Helen, whom does Richard want to talk to instead?

5. What does implementation F do as Richard trains it?

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

Richard and Helen are both creatures (in addition to the author) who live by making things with words. What are the advantages of creating worlds with words, and what are the disadvantages?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent is Helen a replacement for the children Richard and C. never had? To what extent does Richard's writing fill that role?

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