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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 has Machado always been interested in?

2. What was 2012 supposed to be?

3. What is a lie about autobiographical writing, according to Machado?

4. What happens to Machado at random times?

5. Muchado writes that what happens when an illness rages through your body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Woman in the Dream House's voicemails sound like?

2. What does a TSA agent confiscate from Machado?

3. Where does the woman in the Dream House live?

4. What advice did Machado's father give her about test taking?

5. Where is Machado when her story ends?

6. What does Machado spend her entire second year of grad school doing?

7. Who is Debra Reid?

8. What does Machado do the first time her ex tries to contact her after the breakup?

9. What does the Woman in the Dream House blame her episodes on?

10. What happened to most of the Framingham Eight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore how Machado's relationship with her woman in the Dream House effects her understanding of physical intimacy. Even once the relationship is over, Machado wonders whether she will ever be able to want or receive touch ever again. In your essay, explore Machado's point that "the body learns" in order to examine how trauma lives not only in the mind, but in the body even once it is over.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing Machado's narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the power dynamics in Machado's relationship with the woman in the Dream House. Who has power in this relationship, and why? What efforts does Machado take to regain power, and how and why do they ultimately fail?

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