View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the hospital, who does Don dream of as death?
(a) James.
(b) Joelle.
(c) Hal.
(d) Hugh.

2. Where did the study take place that Hugh describes from the 1970s?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) Sweden.
(d) United States of America.

3. What is the name of the game the Enfield students invented?
(a) Eschaton.
(b) Eschocha.
(c) Estcher.
(d) Escapade.

4. What does Mario use as the main characters in his film?
(a) Animals.
(b) People.
(c) Puppets.
(d) Stuffed animals.

5. Who does Kate have trouble dealing with?
(a) Don.
(b) Hal.
(c) Tony.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lenz compare recovery groups to?

2. What does Hal begin to have terrible recurring dreams about?

3. What is the nickname assigned to those who have been sober for decades?

4. In Chapter 65, who does Tony rob?

5. In the Entertainment, what does the tape start with a person doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mario affected by his films not being as popular as his father's?

2. In what way has Hal lost Mario?

3. Describe the memories James had about his father.

4. Why does Hal begin to watch his father's films?

5. What are the contents of the Entertainment?

6. What do Hal's dreams about losing his teeth represent?

7. What is Remy's view of American culture?

8. How could the use of the Entertainment be devastating?

9. What parallels does Wallace draw between the Entertainment and drugs?

10. Why does Joelle wear the veil?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 802 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample