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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 Herzog purchase in Chapter 2?

2. What does Sandor ask Herzog to do while Herzog is staying at Sandor's?

3. About what do Madeleine and Herzog fight?

4. Who is Simkin?

5. Who is Madeleine's lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Herzog feel about the house in Ludeyville?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Herzog do the next morning with Ramona?

3. Why does Herzog go shopping for clothes?

4. Why does Tennie, Madeleine's mother, think the situation is different with Herzog?

5. What happens when Herzog arrives at the police station?

6. What does Herzog say to Ramona during their encounter at the Tuttles?

7. What does Herzog do on his outings with Marco?

8. Why is Polina upset with Daisy?

9. Who is Ramona?

10. How does Herzog feel towards Madeleine in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story uses three different points of view: Herzog as a first person narrator, the epistolary view (Herzog's letters), and the third person, in which the reader is allowed to know what Herzog is thinking. How do these three points of view help or hurt the story? How do the various viewpoints provide information to the reader? Explore how each point of view impacts the novel. Use specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

One of the major themes in Herzog is the idea of reality versus the ideal. How do events in the novel perpetuate this theme? How do the main characters, particularly Herzog, embody the idea of someone searching for reality against the ideal? Highlight at least three instances in which this theme is evident in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The major conflict in the novel is the conflict of man versus self. Herzog's main conflict is with his own being. Describe how this conflict is portrayed in the novel. What steps does Herzog take to try and resolve the conflict? Is he successful or not? Cite specific examples highlighting the conflict in the story.

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