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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 falls out of the narrator's pocket as he takes out his papers?

2. What name does the narrator give to the Officer on Duty?

3. About whom is the narrator's sketch?

4. What does the narrator make a habit of eating to stave off hunger?

5. What does Miss Andersen sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator react to Queeny's advice on tailors?

2. What are the narrator's worries about the word 'kuboaa'?

3. Why do the two shopkeepers refuse the narrator money?

4. Why does the narrator suspect Scissors of trying to drive him away?

5. Why is the narrator glad when the stable-boy asks him for five kroner?

6. Of what does the narrator become terrified in the dark?

7. For what does C. Zacharias Bartel think the narrator has visited him, and why does he not want the narrator to see it?

8. How does the narrator react to the old cripple walking in front of him?

9. How is the narrator feeling when he leaves the apartment?

10. How does the narrator punish himself for nearly asking the editor for money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's chronological setting. What were the main social concerns of that period in Europe, and how do they relate to the narrator's experience? How would the story change if it were set today?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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