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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator decide against killing himself?

2. Who does the narrator think are the caretakers of the insane asylum?

3. What does the narrator say may be hallucinations?

4. How does Morel say the photograph is different from other photographs?

5. Who do the audience think Morel may have killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the narrator to the person he is at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end.

1. What does the narrator hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events change the narrator's ideas about life?

3. How has the narrator's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences between a novel and a novella in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator work out that the people he is seeing are images? Why does the fact that Faustine is an image not change the narrator's thoughts towards her?

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