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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morel say will happen if the dials on the machine are synchronized?

2. What does the narrator steal from Morel?

3. With whom does the narrator think the invaders are working?

4. How does the narrator eventually escape the museum?

5. Why does the narrator begin to think Morel and Faustine are putting on a comic act for his benefit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator's paranoia affect his decision making? What does the narrator's paranoia say about the affects of solitude?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does this have on the story?

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