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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. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?
2. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
3. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?
4. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
5. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information is revealed in Chapter 5 about the narrator's mother and her interactions with the Memory Police?
2. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to demonstrate the desolation that begins to characterize the island after many disappearances.
3. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to describe R's ability to hold onto memories of disappeared objects.
4. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?
5. When an excerpt of the novel about the typist is provided at the start of Chapter 8, what has the protagonist lost?
6. What type of artist was the unnamed narrator's mother and why is this detail significant?
7. What objects are disappeared within Chapter 6 and what is different about the disppearances in this chapter?
8. At what sight do the narrator and the old man gaze during their discussion of the Memory Police in Chapter 7?
9. For what reason do the Memory Police visit the unnamed narrator in Chapter 2?
10. What type of document is presented within the text for the first, but not the last, time in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Ogawa’s use of the first person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Ogawa’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within The Memory Police and what is Ogawa’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of The Memory Police.
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