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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. What kind of tattoo does Uncle Karl have?
2. What does Ambrose know he will teach his son?
3. What does the narrator say giving descriptions with two different senses, such as auditory and visual, can do?
4. What does Ambrose notice about the people going into the funhouse?
5. What does the narrator say is a way to save face if one is lost when one is found?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ambrose feel about the Funhouse on the way home, and what does Uncle Karl do about the whole affair?
2. What does Ambrose remember about playing the game 'Niggers and Masters' with Peter and Magda when they were younger?
3. What is one reason the narrator says exists for not writing a lost-in-the-fun-house story?
4. Why are the prizes different on the broken machines at the arcade?
5. What does Ambrose see in his imagination about married life?
6. What kind of machines in the arcade are broken, and why are they sitting there broken?
7. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about getting through the Funhouse?
8. What does Ambrose think about when he is in the mirror room of the Funhouse, and what does Ambrose hear?
9. Describe Uncle Karl and Peter.
10. What does the narrator say a Freitag’s Triangle is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful short story and why Lost in the Funhouse is or is not a successful short story based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful short story should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?
Essay Topic 2
Humor and jokes are imbedded throughout the text of Lost in the Funhouse. Discuss how Barth uses humor to offset the depression and loneliness that actually pervades Ambrose’s thoughts. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Lost in the Funhouse belongs to the short story genre. Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the short story genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to literature? What is the difference between a short story and a novel or a play?
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