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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's new editor tells the narrator that R had left an empty desk, except for her novel, when he suddenly took what action?
2. How many objects are still within the drawers of the cabinet when R asks about them in Chapter 8?
3. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?
4. The unnamed narrator recalls that whenever she sat on her father's lap in the observatory, she always restrained herself from asking him if he knew about the existence of the items in which piece of furniture?
5. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what claim does the old man make about the Memory Police while trying to reassure the narrator of her safety?
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. For what reason does R at first reject the narrator's offer of help in Chapter 10?
4. What do the black garbage bags symbolize in Chapter 2?
5. What is named as "the first duty of the Memory Police" (14)?
6. Once R agrees to accept the narrator's offer to hide him, what instructions does she give him?
7. What type of routine do the narrator and R fall into once R gets settled in his room in Chapter 11?
8. What objects are disappeared within Chapter 6 and what is different about the disppearances in this chapter?
9. When the narrator makes her usual stop at the ornithology observatory in Chapter 3, what does she find there?
10. What is the symbolism of the cabinet the unnamed narrator describes in relation to her mother in Chapter 1?
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
Would Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
How does Ogawa use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
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