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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 Eliot call Sylvia in his letter to her from Iowa?
2. What does Senator Rosewater lament when Sylvia arrives in America for the divorce?
3. What experience in the past does the Senator blame for Eliot's mental instability?
4. What does Mushari do with the letter he finds in McAllister's files concerning the president of the Foundation?
5. What does Kilgore Trout do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. Even though Eliot continues to exhibit signs of alcoholism, emotional distress, and mental illness neither his wife Sylvia nor his father the Senator do anything to help him. What reasons do each of them have for not acting to help Eliot?
2. Who is listening on the other end of the conversation between Eliot and Sylvia? What does the person learn from the conversation to aid in the case to have Eliot declared insane?
3. Sylvia tells Eliot's father the story of how she and Eliot met. What is the story she tells?
4. In Chapter Three, there is a description of Sylvia telling of her experiences and talents. Describe Sylvia. What does Sylvia know about the town Eliot describes to her?
5. What does Eliot's letter to his heir reveal about his parents?
6. Mushari finds a sealed letter from Eliot Rosewater to be given to his heir upon Eliot's death. What does Mushari do with the letter? What does he learn about Eliot? What is his next step?
7. When Eliot finally enters psychoanalysis, what changes does he make? How long is he in treatment? Why does the psychoanalysis end?
8. In Chapter Three, Eliot begins talking to people in front of a firehouse in Vashti, Texas. What does he identify as the main purpose of the Armed Forces in America?
9. Eliot writes letters to Sylvia during his travels, one from a fire station in New Vienna, Iowa. What does he explain he has suggested to the fire department in that small town? How do they react? How does Sylvia react after receiving the letter?
10. Who is Kilgore Trout? What one of his books does Mushari find to read and where?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
McAllister tells Stewart Buntline "giving away a fortune is a futile and destructive thing." Stewart Buntline chooses not to give his fortune away; Eliot Rosewater takes another course. Compare and contrast these two men, their backgrounds and their adult lives.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Eliot's analogy of the Money River. How does his analogy compare to society? Can anyone get ahead if there is indeed a Money River?
Essay Topic 3
When the people of Rosewater learn of Eliot's trip to Indianapolis, they are certain he will not return. Contrast and compare the different reactions of the townspeople to Eliot's departure. What do they say to him? To each other? What are they fearful of and why?
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