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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. In Chapter 4, why does the narrator say he does not display the emotion he wants when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?
2. In Chapter 5, how does the narrator characterize the world without man?
3. What event does Ishmael say correlates to the birth of the Takers’ story?
4. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?
5. From whose perspective does Ishmael tell a rival creation story in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Walter Sokolow adopt Ishmael?
2. Describe the man who takes Ishmael from the menagerie.
3. What does Ishmael say is his greatest fantasy?
4. What turning point does the narrator describe in his story of his culture’s history?
5. What does Ishmael say the narrator’s creation myth justifies?
6. What are the definitions Ishmael lays out for the narrator?
7. How would you characterize Ishmael’s tone with the narrator in general, as they talk regularly?
8. How does Ishmael describe the difference between living in Africa and living in a zoo?
9. How does the narrator characterize the problems with the narrator’s culture?
10. Why does Ishmael provide the narrator with a tape recorder?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the benefit of delivering this information about mythology and the world in a dialogue with a telepathic gorilla, instead of a straight-forward essay or non-fiction book about myth and the history of mankind?
Essay Topic 2
What is the role of Judaism and Christianity in Ishmael? What is the importance of Walter Sokolow’s Jewishness? What is the role of the narrator’s religion? Ishmael’s?
Essay Topic 3
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
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