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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 a task the narrator gives to R in Chapter 12?
2. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?
3. Chapter 12 begins with what type of feature?
4. How does the narrator explain the presence of a pile of dirty dishes in her sink in Chapter 17?
5. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?
2. What special event do R, the narrator, and the old man decide to celebrate in R's room in Chapter 16?
3. One morning in Chapter 15, the narrator wakes up to find that what objects have been disappeared?
4. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?
5. 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?
6. How does the theme of courage arise within Chapter 13 of The Memory Police?
7. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?
8. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?
9. What illogical conclusion does the narrator come to about R after their first sexual encounter, though she knows quite well how illogical it is?
10. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for The Memory Police.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of eccentricity and conformity appear within Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police. What message is Ogawa sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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