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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. Who was the narrator talking with when he first met Blue?

2. Who was the narrator talking about when he first met Blue?

3. What is needed to make a living on the skyscraper doable?

4. When the narrator first sees Blue in Chapter I, what is Blue riding in?

5. How does the IGW try to stop 2,757,311 from his activities on the roof?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what White does.

2. How does the narrator feel about Blue's use of money?

3. How does Blue make the narrator feel about his life?

4. What does Blue mean by saying that Christ was 'humanized infinitude?"

5. Why does the author mention that John Stuart is a Catholic?

6. What is Blue doing when the narrator first sees him in Chapter I?

7. What is the story Blue tells the narrator about?

8. According to Blue, what does Lady Poverty do to him?

9. Compare Blue to St. Francis of Assisi.

10. How does White make crackers and what is his purpose in doing so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Blue can easily be described as eccentric. Using examples from the text, describe Mr. Blue's eccentricities.

Essay Topic 2

Writers often write about their own life experiences. What do we know about the life of Miles Connolly? What experiences in Miles Connolly's life led him to write "Mr. Blue"?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter VI, Blue makes it clear that common reading made it difficult for the wise and good to dominate the public sphere. Why does Blue feel this way? Why is Blue negative about the printed word?

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