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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. Complete the following quote from one of Blue's letters in Chapter V: "Conservative historians describe any man with a passion for greatness as a ____________."
2. Where does the novel take place in Chapter VII?
3. The last time someone saw Stevens, what is he doing?
4. What kind of work does Mrs. Murphy do?
5. In Blue's second letter, all of the following are words Blue describes as words men put on shields except:
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the setting of Chapter VI?
2. Do you think Blue is a real person?
3. According to Blue, what is wrong with the written word?
4. What is the difference between a vow of poverty in a religious order and the vow of poverty that Blue took?
5. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?
6. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?
7. What is the narrators reaction to Blue's plan in Chapter VII to live among the poor?
8. What does the narrator learn from Blue in their walk around the lake about American Catholicism?
9. Describe Blue's tone at dinner in Chapter VI.
10. Who are the "Spies of God?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
In Chapter VI, when Blue and the narrator reached dinner, the narrator worried aloud that Blue was too serious for the happiest person on earth. It turns out that Blue is frightened due to his happiness. Analyze Blue's thoughts on happiness. What scares Blue about his happiness? What is the cost of happiness? How does Blue think he will have to pay this?
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