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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 kind of art does Blue have little use for?

2. How does Blue's idea for a motion picture end?

3. How does the narrator get down from the skyscraper in Chapter II?

4. How does Blue's idea for a motion picture begin?

5. In Blue's idea for a motion picture, how many men control the world state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Blue's life challenge?

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

3. Describe what White does.

4. What is the purpose of Chapter III?

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

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

7. What does Blue make the narrator think at the end of Chapter II?

8. What are the narrator's feelings towards Blue at the end of Chapter II?

9. What is the weakness of the IGW?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Blue's story in Chapter III, people have become slaves to technology with only six people running the world. This provides insight into Blue's feelings about how humans interact with technology and his fear of becoming too dependent. Analyze Blue's attitudes on technology as revealed in his story in Chapter III. What is the positive impact technology has on people in Blue's story? What is the negative impact technology has on people in Blue's story?

Essay Topic 2

Using what you learned about characterization, write a character analysis of "Mr. Blue." Include the following: a description, actions, relationship to other characters, motives, strengths and weaknesses.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the point of view used in "Mr. Blue." From what point of view is "Mr. Blue" told? Who is doing the telling? What are the advantages of telling a story in the first person? Disadvantages?

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