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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 relates that he told an in-law to pass the time playing solitaire?

2. Why does Raymond's mother storm out of her brother's home in Italy?

3. What is the plan for Raymond?

4. What will Senator Iselin then do?

5. Jordan is awake, and Raymond chats with him dully. Finally, what does Jordan notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jocie interfere with Raymond's programming?

2. What does Raymond do to Jocie's father?

3. What has taken place between Raymond and Jocie's father?

4. What gives a hint to the identity of a character previously mentioned?

5. What does Mrs. Iselin do on her European trip?

6. What takes place when Marco and the G-men meet Raymond in Hungarian Charlie's?

7. How does the book end?

8. How does Shaw feel about what he has heard from Marco and the G-men?

9. What has happened to Marco?

10. Of what does Raymond's column consist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosie is Marco's girlfriend.

Part 1) How do they meet? How does he act in front of her? How does she react? Why?

Part 2) Can Rosie be trusted? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is this relationship connected to the theme of the love of a good woman?

Essay Topic 2

One of the central themes is the idea of man as machine

Part 1) How is man a machine in this story?

Part 2) What are the author's thoughts about this theme, based on this novel?

Part 3) How does this theme relate to real life and life today? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Communism is the cause of much of the action in this story.

Part 1) What is Communism? How did many Americans feel about Communists, based on the information in the story?

Part 2) How does Communism affect the lives of the main characters?

Part 3) How does the author feel about Communism, based on this story?

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