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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. In Blue's motion picture idea, what do slaves eat?

2. Which of the following is not a reason to not live on a skyscraper roof?

3. What is the name of the cigar shop that Stevens and the narrator were talking in?

4. What does Blue think should be built on top of his skyscraper?

5. According to Stevens, what is Blue fond of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrator introduced to Blue?

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

3. How do the leaders of the IGW run the world?

4. Describe the entertainment Blue had at a party for Stevens.

5. What does the narrator think of Blue's theology in the story he told in Chapter III?

6. Describe Blue's living arrangements in Chapter II.

7. What is the weakness of the IGW?

8. How does the narrator feel about money?

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

10. What is the purpose of Chapter III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Mr. Blue" can be described as a retelling of the story of St. Francis. How are St. Francis and Mr. Blue alike? How are St. Francis and Mr. Blue different? What role did religion play in the lives of both St. Francis and Mr. Blue? Would you agree or disagree that "Mr. Blue" is a retelling of the St. Francis story?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter VI ends with Blue giving the narrator a card that reads "The cross is the gift God gives his friends." Analyze this card, where it came from and what meaning it has for Blue and the narrator.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Blue's religious views at it relates to the following quote from Chapter II: "Without Christ we would be little more than bacteria breeding on a pebble in space."

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