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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. Who does Stahr ask Cecelia to set up a meeting with for him?

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

3. Where does the person who calls Stahr agree to meet him later that night?

4. Where does Stahr meet the person after work?

5. Where does Stahr first make love to the woman who looks like his late wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a phone begins to ring at Stahr's unfinished house?

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

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

4. Where does Stahr go after his relationship with Cecelia, and why?

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

6. What is in the letter that Kathleen left in Stahr's car?

7. What is so amusing to Kathleen about the house Stahr is building?

8. What does Stahr do when he looks at the dailies after lunch?

9. What does Stahr do when Kathleen tries to sneak out of the party?

10. What do we learn when Stahr has a quick check-up with his physician?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between Kathleen and Stahr change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Film and the movie industry are the backdrop for this plot. How does this unique format shape the characters and the plot of this book?

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