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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. Who is Humboldt name after, according to his Uncle Waldemar?
2. Who does the Stronson's receptionist turn out to be?
3. What does Julius want Charlie to do if he should die on the operating table?
4. What is Naomi's new last name?
5. What does Corcoran do in Section III of "Treatment?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Charlie feel compelled to continue the work of the dead?
2. During Charlie's visit with Naomi, why does Naomi believe the two of them would never have made a lasting relationship together?
3. Why does Maggie plead Charlie's case to Stronson and get the charges dropped?
4. What is Humboldt's Uncle Waldemar afraid that Charlie might do when he is given the envelope?
5. What are Charlie's and Julius's feelings about death?
6. Why does Charlie believe that he cannot ask Renata to accompany him and the two older men from the nursing home out to lunch?
7. What are Renata's opinions about Charlie's thoughts about death?
8. When Charlie offers to put up the ransom for the return of Pierre, how does he expect to be repaid?
9. Why does Naomi beg George to take her son with him to Africa?
10. What is Charlie hoping to receive as he has now lived at the pension with Roger for ten weeks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While Charlie is sitting on a sofa meditating, remembering everything that had happened in minute detail, Humboldt's obituary in the New York Times comes to his mind.
What is Charlie's view on the subject of the dead and the human soul?
How do the living starve the dead of their nourishment?
What happens to the soul in the next life?
Essay Topic 2
Renata makes it clear to Charlie that he thinks too much about death. In what ways does Charlie feel Renata also has a deep connection with death?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast these characters: Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine.
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