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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. Why does Stahr take a trip after his meeting with the political extremist?

2. Where is Stahr when the woman from the flood tells him her story?

3. What does Stahr look at after his meeting with the person he saw after lunch?

4. Why does Martha want to speak with Cecelia's father?

5. How does the man Cecelia gets to meet with Stahr think writers are being treated unfairly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Cecelia once connected to Communist Party leaders, and why has that connection weakened?

2. What happens to Kathleen and Cecelia at the end of the book?

3. What happens when Stahr sees the other girl he met at the flood?

4. Why does Stahr want a meeting set up between him and members of the Communist Party?

5. What does the girl from the flood offer to do for Stahr?

6. What happens when Cecelia tells Stahr how she feels about him?

7. What does Cecelia find when she brings Martha Dodd to talk to her father?

8. What does Stahr find in his office after he looks at the afternoon dailies?

9. What does Stahr do when he wakes up after his meeting with Brimmer?

10. What does Brimmer do when Stahr threatens him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courage and fear are two attributes seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Death is a key theme and symbol in this book. What are some of the main places this theme presented itself, and how does it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Individuality and self expression are very important to some of the major characters in this book. What are some examples of these? How do these instances alter the course of the plot?

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