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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 is NOT an item sent by the ex-milliner and his wife to the narrator in Chapter 19 to thank her for her hospitality?
2. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?
3. In what location are the narrator and the old man when the first natural disaster strikes in Chapter 21?
4. When it snows on the island in Chapter 12, the narrator states that it has been at least how many years since snow has fallen there?
5. Which character eats and smiles less frequently after the search of the narrator's home by the Memory Police?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which of the novel's symbols is revisited again within Chapter 22, echoing its earlier appearance in Chapter 5?
2. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?
3. In what way does the theme of surveillance appear within Chapter 18, in relation to the bond between R and the narrator?
4. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?
5. What gift does R bestow upon the old man in Chapter 16 and what hopes does R have for the present?
6. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?
7. How does the narrator acquire the dog named Don in Chapter 19 and what is the significance of her acquisition?
8. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?
9. In what way is the motif of sound used to inspire feelings of horror and suspense in the reader at the end of Chapter 16?
10. In what way is the theme of altruism demonstrated in Chapter 21 when an earthquake rocks the island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of surveillance treated within The Memory Police and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Ogawa utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within The Memory Police and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
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