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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 is Blue's third letter written on?
2. Fill in the following quote about books from Blue in Chapter VI: "Books are for people who cannot _________________."
3. According to Blue, what is an interpretation of the faith in medieval Europe?
4. What quality do great men of the world possess, according to Blue?
5. Fill in the following quotation by Blue in Chapter VI: "Once heroes built fortresses against the Mongol and the Saracen; now they must build fortresses against _____________."
Short Essay Questions
1. In what letter does Blue describe his view of the end of the world?
2. What religion is Blue?
3. How is Blue treated by his coworkers at the lumberyard?
4. What does Blue give the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?
5. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?
6. What is the first letter about and what does it say about Blue?
7. What values of Blue's do the eighth, ninth and tenth letters defend?
8. Describe what the narrator saw when he first went to see Blue in the hospital.
9. What is the setting of Chapter VI?
10. What is the narrator's vocation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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