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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. After the vampire bites him, what does Robert do with it?
2. What notion does Robert reject in Chapter 2?
3. What has happened to the vampire that Robert threw on the grass in Part I, Chapter 4?
4. What is Robert's father's name?
5. As the neighbor watched Robert in Part II, Chapter 9, what did he ask of Robert?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Robert see when he finally emerges from his wife's crypt?
2. What oddity does Robert find while looking for a lathe at Sears?
3. In Part I, Chapter 3, several things drive Robert to despair. Describe one.
4. Why does Robert go to Ben's house after Virginia dies, and what does he find there?
5. Robert mulls over the ways vampires "die" for the final time. Describe some of the forms these deaths take and Robert's suppositions about why there are different ways of dying for vampires.
6. Explain a typical day in Robert's life as outlined in Part I, Chapter 2.
7. In Part I, Chapter 4, Robert awakens late in the morning, suffering the effects of a night of drinking too much. His feelings begin to conflict with each other, and he finally gets in his car and drives dangerously and aimlessly. Where does he end up, and what does he do while there?
8. When Robert recalls the past in Part I, Chapter 6, what does he remember?
9. What is Robert Neville's mission in life as described in Part I, Chapter 1?
10. In Part I, Chapter 6, what does Robert's new mural represent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Robert meets Ruth, he is wary and has not even the slightest interest in her romantically. Do you think Robert's trust in humans is permanently damaged? He doesn't seem to know whom to trust, if anyone. How do you think he might recover that trust?
Essay Topic 2
After his close call when his watch stopped, Robert tears down his mural. Why does he do this? What did the mural represent? Does he tear the mural down because he sees that it is only a representation of what he wants and will likely never have again? Do you think this event opened his eyes to that fact?
Essay Topic 3
Taking into consideration Robert's lack of companionship, why is it important for him to keep a schedule? What might happen if he just drifts through his day? What does a schedule do to keep Robert going? Why would he even bother with no one to work for or live for? Does he have any purpose in life now that his loved ones are gone? If so, what is it? If not, what might serve that purpose?
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