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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 does Callie attribute the changes in Chapter Eleven to?

2. What is Jerome's hobby?

3. How does Milton die?

4. Why is Tessie angry at Milton after his death?

5. Where do Callie and the Object spend most of their days in the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Callie not discover her hermaphroditism in this chapter?

2. Describe the series of medical examinations that leads to Callie being referred to Dr. Luce.

3. Why does Father Mike pretend to be Callie's kidnapper?

4. What is the connection between the mulberry tree outside of Middlesex and the silk industry?

5. How does Milton react to his impending death after running his car off of the bridge?

6. Describe the circumstances leading to Callie's injury.

7. Describe Zora Khyber.

8. What do all of the women working at Sixty-Niners have in common?

9. Describe the series of drivers who pick Cal/Callie up while s/he is hitch hiking.

10. Describe the Baker-Inglis English class production of Antigone.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides juxtaposes scenes from the past with the narrator's present life in Berlin. Select one of the chapters where he does this and:

1) Describe the past and present scenes presented in the chapter.

2) Discuss the relationship between the two scenes. What do the two scenes have to do with each other? Why does Eugenides choose to place these two scenes from different time periods within the same chapter?

Essay Topic 2

Middlesex is a first person narrative written from the point of view of Cal. Discuss how this fact influences the story? What biases does Cal bring to the story? How would the nove be different if another character was telling the story? Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Secrets play a major role in Middlesex. Discuss and analyze three secrets in the novel by:

1) Describing what is being kept a secret and why.

2) The impact of the secrets on the characters and plot of the story.

3) The commentary that the author is trying to make about secrets based on these examples.

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