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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. Which of the following describes Ludmilla's book collection?

2. Against whom does the main character in "Around an Empty Grave" prepare to defend himself?

3. What is the name of the writer of "In a Network of Lines that Enlace"?

4. Who becomes obsessed with a woman that he spies on through a telescope?

5. To what does Flannery compare a reader?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the book "In a Network of Lines that Intersect."

2. How does Flannery view his readers?

3. What foreshadowing is presented in the reader's desire to visit Flannery?

4. Why do scientists have a woman strapped to a chair reading, according to Marana?

5. Describe the relationship Ludmilla has with Irnerio that the reader discovers in Chapter 7.

6. Describe how the ramifications of falsehoods are explored in Chapter 9.

7. Why is the reader arrested? Who holds him and why?

8. Describe the way information is given to the reader in Chapter 6.

9. Describe the shift in perspective that occurs in Chapter 7 and why the author included this.

10. How does the theme of "creating copies" come into play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the use of diction in the novel. How is word choice used effectively or ineffectively in the novel? Find at least five specific pieces of evidence to include in your essay.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting in the novel. Why is setting significant to the novel? How would the novel change if it had a different setting? Cite one piece of evidence from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Ludmilla's character. What is her significance to the story and to the main character. Do you think Ludmilla is a deep or shallow character? Cite two specific pieces of evidence from the novel.

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