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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 one objection the narrator had to Blue's vocational plan?
2. According to the narrator, Blue is a living demonstration of ____________.
3. Fill in the following description of Copley Square: "One needs _____________ to fill the emptiness of Copley Square at night."
4. Fill in the following quote from the narrator in Chapter V: "I think I could love a lion, but I doubt very much if I ever could love a ___________."
5. What is the narrator's reply to Blue's comment, "My old friend, Mr. Compromiser."
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Blue treated by his coworkers at the lumberyard?
2. According to Blue, what is wrong with the written word?
3. What does Blue give the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?
4. In what letter does Blue describe his view of the end of the world?
5. What does the narrator learn from Blue in their walk around the lake about American Catholicism?
6. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?
7. What values of Blue's do the eighth, ninth and tenth letters defend?
8. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?
9. How many letters does the narrator have from Blue? Who are they from?
10. Why does Blue have to leave the top of the Tootsall Building?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The setting significantly affects the novel. Analyze the role of setting, including a description of the setting of "Mr. Blue," how the setting can change the novel and examples of how the novel would be different if the setting were to change.
Essay Topic 2
Mr. Blue is guided by deep Christian values. Explore these values and how they affect how Mr. Blue lives his life.
Essay Topic 3
What is the narrator's reaction to Mr. Blue's death? What does this say about the narrators thoughts on religion? Do you think it is fair that Mr. Blue died, yet the narrator is still living? Who is more 'worthy' to be alive?
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