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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man realize he loves in this section?

2. Which Canddian city is Madeline's home?

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

4. What concept does the narrator say he finds delightful?

5. Why can't the narrator initially escape from the museum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way are Casares' views and the way he lived life an important part of what happens on the novel?

Discuss whether it is right or wrong for an author's persona to become such an important part of a story.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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