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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. How does Mario feel about Kent?

2. What does Tony steal most?

3. Who does Mario look to for guidance and reassurance?

4. What is the name of the woman who has a party that Joelle attends and feels depressed at?

5. What does Joelle always wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events led to Orin's football career?

2. What significant event happens in Chapter 5, Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment?

3. How does the Ennet House parallel Enfield?

4. Which of the Incandenza brothers is the most stable?

5. What indicates that the medical attache is obsessed with the tape?

6. What advice do the older tennis students have for the younger students and what purpose does it serve?

7. In Chapters 21 - 25, what kind of relationship do Orin and Hal have?

8. What kind of relationship did Joelle and Orin have?

9. Who is Ken Erdedy?

10. Why does Ken Erdedy cut all ties with his drug dealers, only to begin smoking again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assess the overall tone of Infinite Jest. Is it positive or negative? Is it melancholy or uplifting? Is it reflective? Use three tones to describe Infinite Jest.

Essay Topic 2

Hal begins to have a recurring dream about losing his teeth. Choose one of the following prompts about the dream to write about:

(a) How does this dream build tension?

(b) How does it provide insight into Hal's character?

(c) How does the dream serve to foreshadow future events?

Essay Topic 3

The character of Lyle is symbolic of one's desire to feed off the exertion of others. What characters fit into this category? Identify at least two characters who might fit into this pattern.

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